[stocknoob]

Does a prion have a need to preserve itself?

If you make enough varied AIs, some will have self-replicating behavior, just like if you make enough random proteins, some will self-replicate.

[HKH2]

Does a prion think for itself? Who said self-replication is sufficient for AGI?

[pdimitar]

Oh yeah, it will replicate after the computer is shut down and then reinstalled from scratch. Especially when it's much simpler than that i.e. the whole thing lives in a throwaway container.