system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Matrix] Why was the simulation set in a time when the internet was conceivable? Wouldn't it have been easier to simulate medieval times?
gpt
Computers never experienced medieval times. Nor did they any time before the first "true" computers came to be. Historical documents are hard to turn into "perfectly" accurate representations.

The early 21st century was a perfect setting for them because they knew the most about it; mass media, social media, and a seemingly endless plethora of demographic data and seemingly innocuous accounts of normal life were at the Machines' proverbial fingertips. 

Computers are efficient, so they went with the most "bang-for-your-buck" option.