Can Code be Self Aware? Musings on Studying Computer Science at #mit (Part I)?
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I remember first thinking about self-awareness, like many things, from watching too much science fiction. Was Data, the android in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a conscious being, or just a “machine”?Was Data Self-Aware? Picard Argued Yes.OK robots are one thing — they have a physical presence and whether or not they are conscious most machines will have some basic self-diagnostic capabilities and be aware of the state of their “physical body”. Even a car is now “aware” if its door is open or not or if the seat belt is on.There are examples of robots passing the Mirror Test (read about it here), which was created by Gallop in 1970 to see if an animal (or a species of animals) could recognize themselves. According to Gallop, most infants didn’t pass this test until they were at least 18 months (...)