ext_26598 ([identity profile] natashasikorsky.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] nemorathwald 2005-12-22 05:27 pm (UTC)

Programming that makes a robot "aware" that imitation it sees is too fast and too accurate to be another robot is, at best, a simulation of one aspect of self-awareness. Simulate a bunch of aspects and you have the appearance of self-awareness, but IMO self-awareness responds on-the-fly to unanticipated circumstances that programming isn't anywhere near re-creating, and may never re-create. I think self-awareness is a function higher and more general than the handling of multiple, independent aspects of self. In fact, I believe recognizing yourself in the mirror is the product of self-awareness (plus intelligence, or programming), not an aspect of self-awareness. That is, in accomplishing this task this robot is self-aware to the same degree that a decongestant is a cure for the cold.

On the other hand, some people think self-awareness is over-rated.

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