On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Robert Levy <r.p.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This requires a definition of self. If it refers to an autopoietic unity, as > in the generalization of what a "person", or "organism" is, i.e. > self-organizing systems of causal sensorimotor relations to environments, > then I suspect yes. > > After all, what is a percept, or a concept, or a purposeful behavior, if not > something solely comprehensible as the experience of a situated agent > directing its behavior in relation to an environment. >
That is interesting. If the program had awareness of how its own actions affected the data environment then it would have a sense of self. That does not mean that a sense of self is necessary for an AI program to employ creativity, but from this point of view so what? A sense of self is necessary for an AGI program. Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
