The belief that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation has has grown traction in recent years, but boffins believe they have proven its not true. Which is a relief. View 4 Images Artificial intelligence proves the world is not a simulation, boffins believe (Image: Getty Images)

The world is not a Matrix-style simulation and humans are not just pawns being controlled by a supercomputer, boffins have confirmed. Russian philosopher Igor Shnurenko said human nature is based on a form of reasoning that no computer can reproduce.

And it is our understanding of algorithms and artificial intelligence that prove Earth is not a computer simulation , he believes. He said: "There is not and cannot be some kind of supercomputer that contains the algorithms by which the entire world

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