What is the goal to be achieved?

Could describe a situation we want to achieve, a set of properties that we want to hold, etc. Requires defining a "goal test" so that we know what it means to have achieved/satisfied our goal.

This is a hard part that is rarely tackled in AI, usually assuming that the system designer or user will specify the goal to be achieved. Certainly psychologists and motivational speakers always stress the importance of people establishing clear goals for themselves as the first step towards solving a problem. What are your goals???