The initial chapters are quite interesting and have a new awakening kind of feeling while reading it. However the topic may be too heavy, and similar ideas are repeated throughout that a person may not know that they themselves are in another stimulated world.
There is really no way to know whether one is in a stimulated world. On one end, it improves cognitive abilities and create immersive virtual worlds. On the other end, there are important considerations such as privacy, identity and nature of reality – example use of deepfake technology.
Deep learning can train networks to perform many takes – including the production of highly convincing images or videos. Often a deepfake photo or video shows someone doing something they never did or saying something they never said. Sometimes, a deepfake photo or video can depict a person who never existed. This goes for the same as fake news.
In the past, seeing is believing and a photo is proof. But in an age of deepfake, images cannot be trusted so straightforwardly. In the long run, the only way to know for sure whether an image is real or fake maybe through authentication by a reliable source.
Really very heavy book to read. But in the initial chapters, it is nice to know of authors such as Isaac Asimov and his scientific books which one can take a reference for a possible peak into the future.
"Daily Tools" Black Book 