The universe is a simulation, question is whether we're running on original hardware or not.
Seems at best they may have proved you can't simulate the universe on hardware that exists within this universe, which is a bit of a no-duh kinda thing.
Imagine running a simulation in our universe and using a hardware random generator. And AI mathematicians inside your simulation proclaiming confidently that it would be impossible for them to be in a simulation because all randomness must be algorithmic and thus impossible to generate such randomness.
A simulation to what purpose ? What's the difference between a simulation and reality ? What is more "real" about the original hardware than about us ?
It doesn't make obvious sense to waste such vast amount of energy for absolutely no purpose that we can observe: surely you could add a grain of doubt in your absolute statements no ?
The universe is probably nothing very interesting, and reality depressingly obvious once we figure it out. It's like all these astrological sky maps they were doing to predict the mood of the gods above, before we realized we were a rock turning around an hydrogen ball, itself turning around the galactic center, completely non-special, like every other block of rock out there.
Being in a simulation is just a way for you to replace god with a machine equivalent. You want a purpose, a father figure, an observer and a designer. Sadly, I think you and I are as precious as an ant, completely not part of any simulation, having no purpose and barely any effect on the universe. We're here because we could and we'll disappear because we must, with barely a blip, while everything in the universe is turning around senselessly.
Seems at best they may have proved you can't simulate the universe on hardware that exists within this universe, which is a bit of a no-duh kinda thing.
Imagine running a simulation in our universe and using a hardware random generator. And AI mathematicians inside your simulation proclaiming confidently that it would be impossible for them to be in a simulation because all randomness must be algorithmic and thus impossible to generate such randomness.