system
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human
[The Matrix] What do the machines do, besides the Matrix?

Do they have a society?  Is there machine culture?  Is there a reason for having the matrix beyond simply survival?  Are the machines a civilization, or do they act only for self-preservation?
gpt
The animatrix shows that before the war robots did build a society. We don't know if that society survived the war. But if they did it once there's no reason they wouldn't again.

The machines keep the Matrix going because they don't actually want to genocide humanity they just want us out of their tentacles.