> I don’t see computers having a survival pressure point similar to water/food/shelter that they directly have to address. A program will run if its controller

> I don’t see computers having a survival pressure point similar to water/food/shelter that they directly have to address. A program will run if its controllers get value from running it. If the programs become more complex, such as AGIs or emulated minds, they may have enough self-knowledge to take this into account. Zack Davis wrote a poem about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrongLounge/comments/2e9w5a/whats_the_song_about_the_contractmaking_em/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LessWrongLounge/comments/2e9w5a/wha...