Consciousness-Able Agent

A Consciousness-Able Agent is a cognitive agent who can achieve a state of consciousness (with a sense of self).

• Context:
  • It can (often) have a Sense of Self.
  • It can (typically) perform Conscious Agent Actions (such as theory of mind tasks).
  • It can be an Aware Agent.
  • It can range from being a Conscious Reasoning Agent (able to perform Common Sense Reasoning and Rational Reasoning) to being a Conscious Unreasoning Agent??
  • It can range from being a DNA-based Conscious System (such as a person) to being a Mechanical Conscious System.
  • It can range from being a Self-Aware Conscious System to being a Non-Self-Aware Conscious System.
  • It can range from being a Amoral Conscious Agent to being an Moral Conscious Agent.
  • It can range from being an Emotional Conscious Agent to being a Non-Emotional Conscious Agent.
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• Example(s):
  • a Conscious Person, such as a homo economicus (even though they are occassionally unconscious such as when sleeping).
  • a Conscious Machine.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Unconscious Agent, such as an dog or elephant.
  • an Non-Cognitive Agent, such as an ant or a bee.
• See: Conscious Agent Skill, Cognitive Science, Worker.

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References

2009

• (Wardrip-Fruin et al., 2009) ⇒ Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Michael Mateas, Steven Dow, and Serdar Sali. (2009). “Agency Reconsidered.” In: DiGRA Conference.
  • QUOTE: The concept of "agency" in games and other playable media (also referred to as “intention") has been discussed as a player experience and a structural property of works.

1999

• (Anwar & Franklin, 1999) ⇒ Ashraf Anwar and Stan Franklin. (1999). “Sparse Distributed Memory as a tool for Conscious Software Agents." Unpublished.
  • QUOTE: A conscious agent is a cognitive one with the extra functionality of consciousness built in. We adopt the definition of consciousness from Baars (1995).

1995

• (Baars, 1995) ⇒ Bernard J. Baars. (1995). A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. Cambridge University Press.

1991

• (Dennett, 1991) ⇒ Daniel C. Dennett. (1991). “Consciousness Explained." Penguin

1966

• (Jellinek & Ball, 1966) ⇒ E. H . Jellinek, and Keith Ball. (1966). “Hashimoto's Disease and Encephalopathy.” The Lancet, 288(7462).
  • QUOTE: ... anesthesia in the right arm and leg for a few hours, In May, 1961, he became tired and irritable, and on July 10, he was found struck down with sudden aphasia and right hemiplegia. He was conscious on admission to hospital but …

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