system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[the matrix] is technology allowed to advance within the matrix or is humanity just stuck in the 21st century?

And if technology is stagnant within the matrix are all the scientists agents. Or if they are other people trapped in the simulation are they only allowed to make minor advancements?
gpt
Experimentation is required for technology to advance.

Since The Matrix is a simulation, the machines can control the outcome of (almost) any experiment, and therefore guide technological development as much as they please.