I don’t follow your premise. Can you talk more about what “a rational agent without a goal” even means? You seem to be describing an agent that doesn’t know it’s goals, or that doesn’t believe it’s goal is understandable. It’s unclear why this agent is called “rational” in any way.
It’s also the case that the agent is assuming it’s goals are those that some preparation will help rather than harm. Without some knowledge of its goals, it cannot do this.
I don’t follow your premise. Can you talk more about what “a rational agent without a goal” even means? You seem to be describing an agent that doesn’t know it’s goals, or that doesn’t believe it’s goal is understandable. It’s unclear why this agent is called “rational” in any way.
It’s also the case that the agent is assuming it’s goals are those that some preparation will help rather than harm. Without some knowledge of its goals, it cannot do this.
You can find my attempt to reason more clearly here, does it make more sense?