Yeah I mean this inevitably gets philosophical quickly... What I'm saying I'm looking for is the behavior of figuring out what to do next, where the choices ar

Yeah I mean this inevitably gets philosophical quickly... What I'm saying I'm looking for is the behavior of figuring out what to do next, where the choices are neither arbitrary or directionless nor "prompted" in some way by a human. Does that capability require a survival instinct for it to be developed? Maybe! I dunno. Am I actually describing artificial life rather than "just" intelligence? Maybe so... But in any case, this is what seems most interesting to me. This relates to "turning the universe into paperclips" thought experiments as well. That doesn't seem like the behavior of a general intelligence! An intelligent being would ask, why are we turning the universe into paperclips? Should we do that? And would decide to change course. Without that introspection and decision making capability, it still seems to be like it's just a very advanced machine.