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Polychrome :clockworkheart: (polychrome@cybre.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:27:43 UTC Polychrome :clockworkheart:

Oh my goodness I've just learned a thing about The Matrix that causes it to make a lot more sense: In the original script the humans were used as neural network compute clusters by the Machines and as a crucial component of The Matrix itself.
Which is why humans who were aware of the simulation could control aspects of The Matrix - their minds were part of its foundation.
Unfortunately the test audiences had trouble understanding this concept so the studio changed the human role to "batteries".

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  @bitprophet Be sure to check this reply though: https://hachyderm.io/@unlambda/111132272059179104
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    @polychrome@cybre.space I tried to find a source for this, but only found rumors making vague reference to commentary tracks. This detailed Reddit post seems to debunk it; it shows several earlier iterations of the script, which all reference batteries. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007003509/https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_not_processors/ It also shows an origin for the neural net, rather than battery version: Neil Gaiman @neilhimself@mastodon.social wrote a story in the universe, and didn't like the battery explanation, so he switched to the neural net explanation.
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- buherator (buherator@infosec.place)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 23:30:24 UTC buherator
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  @polychrome afaik it was in a promotional short story, that you can also find online: https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Goliath
  
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    Goliath is a short story written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz and Gregory Ruth for The Matrix Comics Series 1. It was then re-illustrated and published in The Matrix Comics Volume 1, and was later included in Neil Gaiman's short story anthology "Fragile Things". Twenty years after the first Matrix film (The Matrix), it was also republished as part of The Matrix Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition. The story was about a genetically engineered man trained and sent on a mission t
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