%A Mr C. Menant %O Symposium details available at: http://www.aaai.org/Library/Symposia/Fall/fs07-01.php %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. %N FS-07- %K artificial consiousness, self consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, robots, evolution, meaning, representation, auto-representation, con-specifics, emotions %V AAAI F %D 2007 %I AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California %L cogprints5999