Although I find the arguments persuasive I am not sure1 that saying "bots want things" is correct. Bots may be optimizing either through what they do or by having their needs planned via some optimization process and if all platforms were to optimize people then eventually a feedback loop would have formed that is no longer meaningful to human beings. As such it may not be so much a matter of verifying the psychological makeup of a bot rather than determining if people create agents. If this trend is real then it provides significant evidence alone.
Although I find the arguments persuasive I am not sure1 that saying "bots want things" is correct. Bots may be optimizing either through what they do or by having their needs planned via some optimization process and if all platforms were to optimize people then eventually a feedback loop would have formed that is no longer meaningful to human beings. As such it may not be so much a matter of verifying the psychological makeup of a bot rather than determining if people create agents. If this trend is real then it provides significant evidence alone.