?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Making+Robots+Conscious+of+their+Mental+States&rft.creator=McCarthy%2C+John&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=In+AI%2C+consciousness+of+self+consists+in+a+program+having+certain+kinds+of+facts+about+its+own+mental+processes+and+state+of+mind.++We+discuss+what+consciousness+of+its+own+mental+structures+a+robot+will+need+in+order+to+operate+in+the+common+sense+world+and+accomplish+the+tasks+humans+will+give+it.+It's+quite+a+lot.++Many+features+of+human+consciousness+will+be+wanted%2C+some+will+not%2C+and+some+abilities+not+possessed+by+humans+have+already+been+found+feasible+and+useful+in+limited+contexts.++We+give+preliminary+fragments+of+a+logical+language+a+robot+can+use+to+represent+information+about+its+own+state+of+mind.++A+robot+will+often+have+to+conclude+that+it+cannot+decide+a+question+on+the+basis+of+the+information+in+memory+and+therefore+must+seek+information+externally.+G%C3%B6del's+idea+of+relative+consistency+is+used+to+formalize+non-knowledge.++Programs+with+the+kind+of+consciousness+discussed+in+this+article+do+not+yet+exist%2C+although+programs+with+some+components+of+it+exist.++Thinking+about+consciousness+with+a+view+to+designing+it+provides+a+new+approach+to+some+of+the+problems+of+consciousness+studied+by+philosophers.+One+advantage+is+that+it+focusses+on+the+aspects+of+consciousness+important+for+intelligent+behavior.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F422%2F2%2Fconsciousness.ps&rft.identifier=++McCarthy%2C+John++(1995)+Making+Robots+Conscious+of+their+Mental+States.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F422%2F