• @itsnotits
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    182 months ago

    In The Matrix, humans were used as batteries. The energy requirements needed by a body to sustain itself outweigh feeding it to extract energy. It would’ve been more efficient to burn the food directly instead of feeding it to people.

    • Something Burger 🍔
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      262 months ago

      In the original script, they were used for processing power, but the C-suites made them change it because they feared spectators wouldn’t understand.

        • @Agent641
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          42 months ago

          They would have made poor processing units

      • @CallMeButtLove
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        12 months ago

        That’s really interesting but I think that suffers from a similar issue because I’d assume the processing power needed to run the matrix alone would be much greater than 1:1 per human.

        • @[email protected]
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          92 months ago

          They needed special kind of problem solving computation, that only human brains can do. Like generating text or something.

        • @Crashumbc
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          22 months ago

          That’s why it’s called sifi… Is based loosely on the myth that humans only use 10% of their brains.

    • @MycelialMass
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      132 months ago

      Originally it was humans being used for their brains as processing units, but they thought thatd be too confusing for audiences so they went with batteries.