Are we living in a simulation? Scientist claims we all chose at BIRTH to become characters in an advanced AI world

In classic blockbuster film'The Matrix', humans are enslaved by AI because it wants our body heat to power its computers. While this sounds straight from the annuls of sci-fi, a physics professor says we may be living in a Matrix-style simulation. Melvin Vopson, an associate professor in physics at the University of Portsmouth, thinks a series of daily clues suggest this world is not what it seems. Now, he has tackled the hypothetical and philosophical question: If we are living in a virtual simulation, what is the purpose of it? Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, he outlines three theories, including that we all chose at birth to become characters in an advanced AI world.