Riz+Virk is truly one of the worlds great thinkers and researchers.
https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/more-info
There are various similar theories around but essentially some people are pondering that the universe is part of an interactive recording and projection of space-time.
https://jimmychurchradio.com/riz-virk-on-fade-to-black-4 ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg-U9zzJgY
https://hackernoon.com/ready-player-one-and-the-simulation-hypothesis-virtual-worlds-avatars-cgi-b5e1b5b3dd0f
Is this a cosmic simulation run by very advanced humans, ETs or their thinking machines?
https://hackernoon.com/the-great-simulation-why-quantum-physics-artificial-intelligence-and-eastern-mystics-all-agree-b6c185213a18
https://hackernoon.com/philip-k-dick-the-matrix-aliens-and-aternate-history-my-conversation-with-tessa-b-dick-c20d1626d0da
Given the vastness and age of the cosmos, why would humans just be the highest form of mind an intelligence?
https://medium.com/@rizstanford/the-truth-is-out-there-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-ufos-for-the-upcoming-x-files-revival-dc76a0f64839
https://hackernoon.com/can-code-be-self-aware-musings-on-studying-computer-science-at-mit-part-i-446d98efb743
There is human AI so why not ET AI?
https://hackernoon.com/hacking-ufo-tech-seti-and-the-boundaries-of-respectable-science-aeaf126ce979
Of course ACC speculated about ET AI.
https://hackernoon.com/the-7-space-predictions-from-arthur-c-clarke-that-came-true-8e0d0b026079
The concept of the cosmos as a creation of space & time for consciousness to act within has been around since ancient times.
The Nature Of Reality
https://mvextra.blogspot.com/search?q=TNOR