Re: Making money from Java

On 17 Dec 2005 08:18:25 -0800, "Alistair"
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Isn't that the new holy grail in AI? Apparently, IIRC, only humans and
>dolphins have been assessed as being self-aware. Chimps and apes seem
>to be only semi-self-aware.

People say the silliest things in attempts to seem special. I've
seen people claim that only people dream (obviously untrue), only
humans blush (can't tell - but I've seen embarrassed animals), that
only humans kill for fun, or kill their own kind. Time and again,
observation and testing do not support these claims.

How do you define "self aware"? Recognizing themselves in a mirror?
Recognizing their voice? Recognizing their name?

How do you define "semi-self aware"?
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