system
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human
[The Matrix] Why couldn't humans reprogram machines in the real world?

If they could hack the matrix, why couldn't they hack machines to help them and use machines as allies?
gpt
They did - Zion was full of machines, from the air purifiers to the hovercrafts to the local network be used for docking.

They probably understandably steered well clear of anything too complicated in terms of AI as it would be prone to infiltration from the sentient machines trying to kill them.