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Some machines behave teleologically

Machines with servomechanisms are purposive and any machine that can respond to negative feedback for guidance behaves teleologically. Humans can make higher-order predictions about the behaviour of other objects, seperating them from such machines.

Arturo Rosenbluth, Norbert Wiener, & Julian Bigelow (1943).
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Some machines behave teleologically
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