In The Matrix, the machines won the war against humans. They have incredibly efficient production and lots of energy. What are they doing in the meantime? What purpose do these machines have?
I could imagine them trying to colonise the universe or research the technology to be able to simulate a more and more detailed Matrix, approaching that as a challenge, but why would they bond their purpose with humans so closely?
Answer
Industrialization becomes its own justification. As any industry grows the bureaucracy and management needed to maintain it grows as well until it seems that the industry drives existence instead of the other way around. Thus:
They are managing their means of existence which is "human farming". As they became more and more invested in the matrix as a means of existence, the management of the matrix became more and more labor intensive and thus began to be their reason for existence and not just a means to exist.
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