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An artificial model replicating mechanisms of self-illusion can test hypotheses and reveal novel affordances for non-human intelligence.

Methodological proposal to integrate knowledge from contemplative and cognitive science into AI/artificial life frameworks.

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life

(2021) · Doctor, Thomas · Solomonova, Elizaveta · Duane, Bill · Witkowski, Olaf

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Artificial Life
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Computational modeling approach studying living/cognitive systems; used to test hypotheses about self-illusion effects without direct intervention.
Information theory (predictive, synergistic, integrated)
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Formal mathematical framework (Bialek, Tononi, etc.) proposed to characterize autonomous agents and synergies between them.

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An integrated artificial model can address self-illusion effects on affordances by combining information theory, cognitive science, and philosophy.hypothesis0.895
Artificial life will approach the illusion of self not directly, but by replicating its effect within a model.claim0.883
Claim about methodology: ALife simulates mechanisms underlying self illusion.
The notion of self as illusion, as realized in AI and ALife practices, may contribute to novel fields of affordances for non-human intelligence.claim0.864
Claim that endowing non-human agents with self-illusion awareness expands their affordance repertoire.
Robots capable of self-modeling can model their own body and unexpected damage using AI methods, with morphological and mental changes occurring in parallel.finding0.844
Evidence for blurring of embodied robot / non-embodied AI distinction through self-modeling
Testing theories of self-illusion requires dual process: using knowledge of human self-experience while testing effects in human and other minds.claim0.841
Author's methodological assertion: integration of contemplative insight with computational modeling.
The view of self as illusory, and awareness of this illusion, may augment and qualitatively change the agent’s affordances.claim0.838
Central thesis of the paper that recognizing self as illusion expands the range of possible actions.
The spontaneous image we have of our own intelligence is deceptive.claim0.811
A key point for AI design, echoing Buddhist and neuroscientific deconstructions.
When LLMs produce experience claims under self-reference, is this sophisticated simulation or genuine self-representation, and how would we tell the difference?question0.809
The core interpretive question the paper narrows but cannot definitively answer

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Can formal models from artificial life replicate the effects of understanding self as illusion to test hypotheses about consciousness?questions/can-formal-models-from-artificial-life-replicate-the.md0.859
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How is genuine care possible in a world without real individuals if selfhood is illusory?questions/how-is-genuine-care-possible-in-a-world.md0.784