Honestly? If it's true that we're all in a simulation? Then.. technically we're just computer data too? And if that's the case, you could argue whether we're alive or not too.

[Just. A thought.]

And to be advanced enough to even be able to do all of this, it's not hard to reason that it could be advanced enough to have thoughts and feelings. So. Yeah. Who knows. You're not wrong, this place really does scream bad sci-fi movie.