Re: virus: Self-awareness Software and Reputing

Alex Williams (thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com)
Sat, 8 Mar 1997 00:02:17 -0500 (EST)


> What algorithm can be used to model self-awareness?

Its not a multi-step recursive/iterative process like breeding more
effective agents. All that's necessary is modeling the environment
with a representation of the agent's current state and make some level
of prediction to help guide action in future behaviours.

I see self-awareness as a continuum, not a binary state.