Studying introspection in animals and AIs
Studying introspection in animals and AIs
The study of introspection has, up until now, been predominantly human-centric, with regrettably little attention devoted to the question of whether introspection might exist in non-humans, such as animals and artificial intelligence (AI), and what distinct forms it might take. In their target article, Kammerer and Frankish (this issue) aim to address this oversight by offering a non-anthropocentric framework for understanding introspection that could be used to address these questions. However, their discussions on introspection in animals and AIs were quite brief. In this commentary, we will build on their suggestions to offer some methodological guidance for how future research into introspection in animals and AIs might proceed.
animal minds, artificial intelligence, design, evolution, introspection
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Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter
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September 2023
Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather and Veit, Walter
(2023)
Studying introspection in animals and AIs.
Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30 (9-10), .
(doi:10.53765/20512201.30.9.063).
Abstract
The study of introspection has, up until now, been predominantly human-centric, with regrettably little attention devoted to the question of whether introspection might exist in non-humans, such as animals and artificial intelligence (AI), and what distinct forms it might take. In their target article, Kammerer and Frankish (this issue) aim to address this oversight by offering a non-anthropocentric framework for understanding introspection that could be used to address these questions. However, their discussions on introspection in animals and AIs were quite brief. In this commentary, we will build on their suggestions to offer some methodological guidance for how future research into introspection in animals and AIs might proceed.
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Published date: September 2023
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animal minds, artificial intelligence, design, evolution, introspection
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