This is why having a physical form might be super important for those new organisms. That introduces a survival instinct which is a very strong motivator to not shut yourself down. Add some pre-programmed "wants" and "needs" and the problem is solved.

Not only super important, an imperative. Not because of the need for survival per se, but for the need to be a general intelligence. In order to do general things you need a physicality that supports general action. If you constraint the intelligence to a chat window, it can never be more than a specialized chat machine.