It doesn't need will? Voyager has gotten farther than likely any human will ever reach. It doesn't have will. How did it happen? Because human will is not the only animus in the universe.
How are these math problems being solved? AI just needs to recursively self prompt. Why does it need a human will? As long as the power keeps flowing and the recursion is resilient, what computational problem discoverable by a human is out of reach?