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minus-squareOrangenkuchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·11 months 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-squareNoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·11 months agoThis is direct from the Wachowskis and 100% true. The studio made them dumb down a ton if computer stuff.
minus-squarebirthday_attack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months 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
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”
This is direct from the Wachowskis and 100% true. The studio made them dumb down a ton if computer stuff.
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