In Switzerland, it is now illegal to boil a lobster alive. Are the Swiss right? Is it cruel? The question bears on the concept of a self.
Tag: self-awareness
At Mind Matters News: Neuroscientist: We are closing in on the secret of self-awareness…
But then he turns around and admits that we are frustratingly far from understanding how it all works. His frustration is understandable.
Scientists ponder, how would animals show self-awareness?
A controversy in animal psychology centers on whether or not an animal can recognize itself in a mirror. But a number of scientists are beginning to doubt that the mirror test shows animal self-awareness.
Researchers: Comatose people do show self-awareness
Michael Egnor: This study is consistent with the work of Wilder Penfield, who showed that higher-level abstract thought did not seem to arise from the brain in a material way.
9: Will That Army Robot Squid Ever Be “Self-Aware”?
From the 2018 AI Hype Countdown at Mind Matters #9: AI help, not hype, with Robert J. Marks: What would it take for a robot to be self-aware? The Army Times headline would jolt your morning coffee: Army researchers are developing a self-aware squid-like robot you can 3D print in the field Reporter Todd South Read More…