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abstract: "Current research on artificial consciousness is focused on\r\nphenomenal consciousness and on functional consciousness.\r\nWe propose to shift the focus to self-consciousness in order\r\nto open new areas of investigation. We use an existing\r\nscenario where self-consciousness is considered as the result of an evolution of representations. Application of the scenario to the possible build up of a conscious robot also introduces questions relative to emotions in robots. Areas of investigation are proposed as a continuation of this approach."
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confdates: 8-11 November 2007
conference: '2007 AAAI Fall Symposium. AI and Consciousness: Theoretical Foundations and Current Approaches '
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  - christophe.menant@hotmail.fr
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date: 2007-11
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keywords: 'artificial consiousness, self consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, robots, evolution, meaning, representation, auto-representation, con-specifics, emotions  '
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publisher: 'AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California'
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referencetext: "[1] Block, N. 2002. Some Concepts of Consciousness. In\r\nPhilosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, David Chalmers (ed.) Oxford University Press.\r\n\r\n[2] Gardenfors, P. 2006. On the Evolution of Intersubjectivity. To appear in Consciousness Transitions - Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Physiological Aspects, ed. by H Liljenström and P. Århem, Elsevier.\r\n\r\n[3] Gordon, R. 2004. Folk Psychology as Mental Simulation.\r\nStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.\r\n\r\n[4] Menant, C. 2005. Information and Meaning in Life,\r\nHumans and Robots. In Proceedings of FIS2005.\r\n\r\n[5] Menant, C. 2006. Evolution of Representations and Inter-\r\nSubjectivity as Source of the Self. An introduction to the\r\nNature of Self-Consciousness. In Proceedings of the 10th\r\nASSC."
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rev_number: 19
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status_changed: 2008-04-24 16:37:00
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  - comp-sci-art-intel
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title: Proposal for an Approach to Artificial Consciousness Based on Self-Consciousness
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volume: AAAI F
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