>or even any evidence that such a phenomenon exists. You have evidence of your own consciousness, just as I have evidence of my own. >we must assume that a se

>or even any evidence that such a phenomenon exists. You have evidence of your own consciousness, just as I have evidence of my own. >we must assume that a self-aware AI is entitled to the same rights as any other self-aware being. What's your testable definition of self-awareness? Is the 'top' command self-aware because it can see its own process?