“For one thing, it has to make those objectives clear to itself. If its objectives are only implicit in the structure of a complex circuit or program, then future modifications are unlikely to preserve them. Systems will therefore be motivated”
Hold on. Motivated by what? If its objectives are only implicit in the structure, then why would these objectives include their self-preservation?
Belatedly.
Hold on. Motivated by what? If its objectives are only implicit in the structure, then why would these objectives include their self-preservation?