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minus-squareBudgetBandit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoMatrix actually makes more sense if the machines use the brains as processors
minus-squareOrangenkuchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI heard somewhere that this was the original plan. They changed it because computers were new and they didn’t think people would understand “using human brains as CPUs”
minus-squarebirthday_attack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s a common misconception that’s been passed around the Internet so long that it’s become common knowledge. There’s a great (now deleted, but archived) writeup showing that the Wachowskis always intended humans to be batteries. The actual source of the “processors” idea came from a Neil Gaiman short story written to promote the movie at its release
minus-squareNoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThis is direct from the Wachowskis and 100% true. The studio made them dumb down a ton if computer stuff.
Matrix actually makes more sense if the machines use the brains as processors
what is it in the matrix
I heard somewhere that this was the original plan. They changed it because computers were new and they didn’t think people would understand “using human brains as CPUs”
That’s a common misconception that’s been passed around the Internet so long that it’s become common knowledge. There’s a great (now deleted, but archived) writeup showing that the Wachowskis always intended humans to be batteries. The actual source of the “processors” idea came from a Neil Gaiman short story written to promote the movie at its release
This is direct from the Wachowskis and 100% true. The studio made them dumb down a ton if computer stuff.