You can also think about it as an experimental software for the people tested on the 'baseline reality' (BR).
Let's say we program a 100 of human robots to think that their ancestors are alive and helping them - and let's see how our hundred robots will now interact with each other and with BR. Or maybe we program 1 000 000 of those robots to think that there is something very special about the place around them and language they use and history they share - and let's see again how our (patriotic) robots will act...
The same program = intersubjective reality... (IR)
BR, IR, VR, AR... As the number of levels grows we're learning to see the software. We becoming smarter and more prone to suicide.
Thank you, optimism is always welcome in comments! :)
I'm so sorry. I was not supposed to end this way. It just happen :(
Oh no worries, thank you for insightful comment, it's just that it ended in such a way that made me laugh :)