%A Mr. Christophe Menant %T Proposal for an Approach to Artificial Consciousness Based on Self-Consciousness %X Current research on artificial consciousness is focused on phenomenal consciousness and on functional consciousness. We propose to shift the focus to self-consciousness in order to open new areas of investigation. We use an existing scenario where self-consciousness is considered as the result of an evolution of representations. Application of the scenario to the possible build up of a conscious robot also introduces questions relative to emotions in robots. Areas of investigation are proposed as a continuation of this approach. %D 2007 %K artificial consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, self-consciousness, evolution, auto-representation, self-representation %I AAAI Press %L cogprints5866 %V AI and