And so were The Matrix

I do not believe The Matrix was intended to be interpreted literally by the creators. In fact I am absolutely positive it was meant as a metaphor for Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation", a book which even makes an appearance in the movie. The gist of this is that we create things that are not real and treat them as if they are more real than things that are. Fiat currency, and map boundaries being the most obvious examples he uses, or even gender constructs if you are the Wachowskis. Baudrillard means simulation in a much different sense than your literal simulation theorist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation

Anyways, I do not mean to argue against your beliefs, just that the creators of The Matrix really intended their work to be taken as support for the literal idea of simulation theory, I think the philosophical underpinnings of this work have a different origin, one that is metaphorical