@thecosmicawakening >we are at the verge of creating an AI only to realize that it is capable of creating an entire earth like simulation.
If we create what this video talks about then hell yes it could!
https://invidio.us/watch?v=Tul4njD6uP4
Or reality could be the dream/imagination of a Boltzmann Brain (which is a different explanation for the simulation theory than AI):