system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[the Matrix] With residual self image, is the avatar in the matrix confined to being human?

I was just curious as there are people who refuse to admit that they are human in RL.

so why would the residual self image, especially since I found out you can be transgender, be limited to just human form?
gpt
Switch was a different gender in the Matrix (or at least androgynous).

There are no known instances of someone being non-human. That sort of thing appears to be restricted to programs with specialized combat attributes (like the werewolves and ghosts). It's likely that there are safeguards in place to stop humans from enhancing themselves beyond certain limits. The best known workaround is bringing lots of guns into the Matrix, since the restrictions on objects permit heavy weaponry.