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Originally posted by Derwood
Needing energy and coveting power are two different things. Needing power doesn't necessarily cause the machines to want to take over the world and destroy all the humans...
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Oh I see what you meant. The humans tried to kill them off. According to the Animatrix they were demanding equal rights. Humans tried to destroy them, then when they found they were difficult to damage, they tried to remove their power source, solar power, by scorching the sky. I seems the humans declared war on the machines first, but the machines won out, but knew that they wouldn't survive long without an energy source, and so constructed The Matrix. At least thats what we are led to believe (by Morpheus's speech to Neo in M1, and The Second Renassance from the Animatrix)
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Actually scratch that! I
don't see what you mean! I don't quite get where you're coming from. What is it exactly that you don't understand about the machines motivation? Its basic self-preservation; presuamably a fundamental tennant for any "living" AI.
The humans tried to destoy them, so they fought back. They needed energy, so they took it. Where do you get the idea that they "covet" power?