Lately more and more scientists and other smart people like Elon Musk, Peter Diamandis, the CEO of Google (to name a few) believe,
that we are living is some sort of a Matrix like virtual reality and that our lives are almost certainly being conducted within an artificial world powered by AI and highly powered computers.

Here is a pretty cool documentary for those who are interested in the topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqULEE7eY8M