The lighthouse and the observer · “I am in a simulation” · Elias Thorn
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The lighthouse and the observer · “I am in a simulation”

A reel featuring a digital lighthouse was found on the Instagram account im.in.simulation. The tower is assembled from glowing green points; its beam passes over the sea. Frames from the same reel show rooms as parts of a loading world: one is marked “You”, with “Observer” nearby.

The project’s Telegram channel, BAOBAB, calls itself an archive of “reality bugs”. Its authors describe perception as an interface and memories as records, and compare a person to a trained model. Across their posts, a question recurs: what remains outside the field of view, and how far can one trust memory? On Telegram, they distinguish observable effects from the simulation hypothesis.

In the reel, rooms mark the boundary between what is visible and what remains behind the observer.

The reel carries an “AI content” label. It does not identify the model, prompts or sources.

Role · External project about perception, memory and simulation

Checked on 26 September 2026: 17 accessible Telegram posts; the Instagram feed, captions and dates; selected scenes from the lighthouse reel. Audio was not transcribed; the full account was not reviewed.

Open source ↗ (https://www.instagram.com/im.in.simulation/reel/Dcah8kBO9qd/)

BAOBAB · project introduction, 1 September 2026 (https://t.me/im_in_simulation/18)

“Compatible does not mean proven” (https://t.me/im_in_simulation/25)

Attention and change blindness (https://t.me/im_in_simulation/27)

Personal log · post about the bot (https://t.me/im_in_simulation/34)

A person as a model · 3 September 2026 (https://www.instagram.com/im.in.simulation/reel/Dc1HR5sAoIl/)

Early memory · 21 September 2026 (https://www.instagram.com/im.in.simulation/reel/DdjLQpngOTk/)

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