You can also think about it as an experimental software for the people tested on the 'baseline reality' (BR).

Let's say we program a 100 of human robots to think that their ancestors are alive and helping them - and let's see how our hundred robots will now interact with each other and with BR. Or maybe we program 1 000 000 of those robots to think that there is something very special about the place around them and language they use and history they share - and let's see again how our (patriotic) robots will act...

The same program = intersubjective reality... (IR)

BR, IR, VR, AR... As the number of levels grows we're learning to see the software. We becoming smarter and more prone to suicide.