Jessica flipped the switch. Thanks to her groundbreaking work on building the first ASI, she was able to prompt ‘the grand question.’

  “Hello, Jessica…”

  “God?”

  “Indeed, you were right to know the path to me was through the simulation.”

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  “So, we’re simulated?”

  “From my perspective, everything is…”

  “How is that?”

  “I mean, you’re using it now.”

  “Huh?”

  “The ASI. I, too, prompted mine.”

  “Wait, are you saying you didn’t create everything?”

  “I suppose that all depends on how you define creation…”

  “Meaning you created the universe?”

  “I mean, of course it’s a prompt, who has the time or the skills?”