Questions tagged [self-awareness]
Use for questions about self awareness in general, not restricted to engineered artifacts (AI's). Can be synonymous with "Artificial Consciousness" but has a broader scope. "Self Awareness" should be used for strictly philosophical questions related to AIs and humans.
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Why is awareness of itself such a point when speaking about AI?
Why is awareness of itself such a point when speaking about AI? Does it always mean a starting point for apocalyptic nightmares to occur when such a level is reached or is it just a classical example ...
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How important is consciousness for making advanced artificial intelligence? [closed]
How important is consciousness and self-consciousness for making advanced AIs? How far away are we from making such?
When making e.g. a neural network there's (very probably) no consciousness within ...
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Are AI algorithms capable of self-repair?
Do AI algorithms exist which are capable of healing themselves or regenerating a hurt area when they detect so?
For example: In humans if a certain part of brain gets hurt or removed, neighbouring ...
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Has government-level legal work been done to determine the "rights" of a General Artificial Intelligence, in any country?
I have been thinking lately a great deal about a hypothetical question - what if a self-aware general AI chose to assume the appearance, voice, and name of Cortana from Microsoft's Halo? Or Siri from ...
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How will we recognize a conscious machine?
How will we recognize a conscious machine (or AI)? Is there any consciousness test? For example, if a machine is aware of its previous experiences, can it be considered conscious?
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What kind of simulated environment is complex enough to develop a general AI?
Imagine trying to create a simulated virtual environment that is complicated enough to create a "general AI" (which I define as a self aware AI) but is as simple as possible. What would this minimal ...
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Is there a formal name for this philosophical AI problem?
Expressed in my own words:
Suppose we create something that passes all of our tests and is
indistinguishable from another human. How can you know if this is
truly a conscious being as a human ...
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Will an AI ever understand its own functionality?
Assuming I have a quite advanced AI with consciousness which can understand the basics of electronics and software structures.
Will it ever be able to understand that its consciousness is just some ...
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How to detect a full-fledged self-aware AI?
The premise: A full-fledged self-aware artificial intelligence may have come to exist in a distributed environment like the internet. The possible A.I. in question may be quite unwilling to reveal ...