Yes, but viruses don’t have sentience so far as we know. Far beyond that, this one has tenets (or perhaps directives)…and where do either of those come from?

Are they working to spread to all life on earth so they can survive without killing anything both native and uninfected?

All that’s rhetorical btw, I know none of us knows. I think these are answers I’m hoping to have by the time the show ends.