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Has artificial consciousness been studied in terms of intrinsic needs and limited agency?

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An AI Stack Exchange post asks whether artificial consciousness has been studied in terms of intrinsic needs and limited agency, comparing it to how human needs and limitations shape behavior and self-preservation.

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“In a sense, we humans are "doomed to think, doomed to desire, and doomed to want to act upon those desires when circumstances permit." We cannot simply escape our needs or limitations.”
AI Stack Exchange, 17 Oct 2026, 22:58.

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