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by astazangasta 4124 days ago
This is a really poor rendering of "desire". If the word "desire" is meaningful, it has to be self-actualized. Otherwise it's just a programming condition, no different than a fuse box or a dead man's switch.
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It doesn't matter what word you use, the AI is still manipulating it's environment to achieve that "programming condition".

In any case, everyone's desires are programmed into them, just via genetics and evolution rather than humans and programming.

Well, it is very different from a fuse box or a dead man's switch because it is CREATIVELY manipulating its' environment to achieve what it "wants". Also, much of what WE want is hard-coded as well.