Hype Alert: Robot Learns Self-Awareness

What the Hyped News Article ImpliesAn anonymous--aka spineless--person wrote a Kurzweilai.net article a few days ago titled "Robot learns ‘self-awareness.’" Self-awareness is in scare quotes. I'm not sure what that's supposed to imply...maybe it was just a huge joke? Various other news sources are claiming similar things (e.g., BBC's "Robot learns to recognise itself in mirror").The Kurzweilai article begins audaciously:"Only humans can be self-aware." read more

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