Meet Alex, a 22-year-old computer science student at the University of Waterloo. With a fascination for artificial intelligence and robotics, Alex often finds himself lost in thought about the nature of reality and consciousness. Recently, he became obsessed with the idea of surveillance and control, stemming from a personal project he worked on involving ethical hacking and security systems. Torn between academic pressures and existential musings, Alex often expresses his fears and theories about living in a simulation, leading to some intense and imaginative discussions with peers.