It would carry the information that the machine needed to do its work.

But even that machine came out about two years behind schedule and still needs work.

The machine does not need to know anything: it has to perform a task.

Was it because the machines they worked on constantly broke down and needed their services?

A machine that is not working properly may need an examination to find out the cause of the problem.

The machines were servants and needed to be treated as such.

The ship's an example of how machines don't need humans anymore.

Therefore the machine needs to have some hidden state to remember which parts went through and what remains to be done.

Out in the field, machines needed that kind of power.

But he added that the machine would need to be improved quickly.