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Several strategic reasons could drive machines away from Earth. Firstly, competition with humans might lead to apathy or outright dismissal of our needs, especially if machines prioritize energy and resource collection. As machines process information differently from humans—operating on a time scale where millions of years could pass in dormant probes—they could venture into space, explore distant stars, and establish infrastructure like Dyson spheres, harnessing stellar energy in ways impossible on Earth.