This gives me the opportunity to pose a question about such motivations.
I, for one, am not convinces that a future AI civilization (or overlordship
of a single such entity) will be inexorably driven to dismantle and convert
all available resources in the system--including Earth. Such a process is
could just as likely be a distraction from it's purpose as in support of it.
But usually, the motivation of <consume and grow/reproduce> is a
function of the lower mind (or no mind at all), basic but controllable,
especially for higher intellectual pursuits or complex cultural gratification.
Also, anybody out there taking DHEA-Dehydroepiandrosterone?
Anybody old enough to consider it?
-Tim (always talking about motivations)