--- abstract: 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. altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: 8-11 November 2007 conference: 'AAAI Symposium, Washington DC, 8-11 November 2007. AI and Consciousness: Theoretical foundations and current approaches.' confloc: ' Westin Arlington Gateway. Washington DC. Virginia' contact_email: ~ creators_id: - christophe.menant@hotmail.fr creators_name: - family: Menant given: Christophe honourific: Mr. lineage: '' date: 2007-11-11 date_type: published datestamp: 2007-12-10 21:43:43 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/58/66 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5866 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5866/3/FS01MenantCh20070905074007.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'artificial consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, self-consciousness, evolution, auto-representation, self-representation' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:01 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: no_search note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: ~ publisher: AAAI Press refereed: TRUE referencetext: "** Block, N. 2002. Some Concepts of Consciousness. In Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings, David Chalmers (ed.) Oxford University Press.\r\n\r\n** Gardenfors, P, 2006. On the Evolution of Intersubjectivity. To appear in Consciousness Transitions -Phylogenetic, Ontogenetic and Physiological Aspects, ed. by H Liljenström and P. Århem, Elsevier.\r\n\r\n** Gordon, R. 2004. Folk Psychology as Mental Simulation. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.\r\n\r\n** Menant, C. 2005. Information and Meaning in Life, Humans and Robots. In Proceedings of FIS2005. \r\n\r\n** Menant, C. 2006. Evolution of Representations and Inter-Subjectivity as Source of the Self. An introduction to the Nature of Self-Consciousness. In Proceedings of the 10th ASSC. \r\n" relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 39 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-12-10 21:43:43 subjects: - phil-mind succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: "Proposal for an Approach to Artificial Consciousness Based on Self-Consciousness\r\n" type: confposter userid: 2546 volume: AI and