https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/til_in_the_original_draft_of_the_matrix_humans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/ti

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/til_in_the_original_draft_of_the_matrix_humans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/26o6al/til_i... which links to https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executive-meddling-the-cause-of-humans-as-batteries-in-the-matrix https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19817/was-executiv... which cites an interview, but doesn't link to it or otherwise show which interview that was said On the other hand, https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_not_processors/ https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_no... says that this was never true