Machines Like Us – Science News

In his updated and newly published paper, author Christophe Meant explores an approach to artificial intelligence based on the evolution of consciousness.

Menant writes: "Current research on artificial consciousness is focused on phenomenal consciousness and on functional consciousness. We propose to shift the focus to self-consciousness in order to open new areas of investigation. We use an existing scenario 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."

Read full paper here.