The answer is right there in the movie. When explaining the Matrix to Neo, Morpheus says: “There are fields, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born, we are grown.”

youtu.be/IojqOMWTgv8?si=qeXqgGeu1QvyJv40

Doesn’t specify the exact how, but it’s strongly implied that it is through either cloning or artificial gestation.

I completely forgot about that part of the movie. Thanks for the reminder!

I think you are due for a re-watch! It’s great when it’s been a few years and you can enjoy some of the bits you forgot about.

Unfortunately we can never experience the big reveal for the first time again. It was absolutely mind-blowing watching him wake up in the pod on the big theater screen for the first time. That was the coolest movie experience I’ve ever had.

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. So many firsts to revisit

Are you saying to watch ESotSM, or to utilize its one weird trick?

Both

Sorry, who are you?

Its me! Dont you remember?

Listen, this is getting creepy.

Wait, who am i?