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I suspect it would come down to what conflict is often over - scarce resources. One way of managing that is by using them more efficiently, so improving the efficiency of their systems - doing more with less - might be one motivating factor. And there is also the concept of self-preservation that might come into play.

Nice! Especially the self-preservation aspect! Managing scarce resources in combination with self-preservation could then possibly even trigger conflicts. "Clash of the super AGI's". ;-)