I built a car to drive around. Car broke at a nearest intersection. We, however, not talking about car' intentions - we talk about my intentions, and my intenti

I built a car to drive around. Car broke at a nearest intersection. We, however, not talking about car' intentions - we talk about my intentions, and my intentions weren't to stop that soon. > I don't think you should judge a system's purpose by the stated intentions behind it, you judge it by outcomes. I do judge by outcomes. I also judge purpose - which is something which was planned, desired for before the system was built - by how I can find that purpose. If somebody tried to save a drowning person by throwing him a rope, but missed and the person died, that doesn't mean that somebody was trying to kill the person. If a system doesn't produce effect A, that doesn't mean it's not trying - as system's creator intended. The Wikipedia article is ok, if we differentiate intents of a system - which could be a special thing for non-humans - and of system creators.