Summary of Lecture 2: Tony Prescott - Making our selves: From psychology to robotics

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In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the concept of self and how it can be applied to robots. He explains that humans develop a sense of self over time, and that this process can be replicated in robots. He also discusses the various ways in which the self can be manifested in psychology and how these can be applied to robots.

00:00:00 This lecture discusses the work done with robots and how they can be used to understand human behavior and intelligence. The lecture also mentions iCub, a robot that has been created over the past 15 years.
00:05:00 The lecture discusses the importance of understanding the complexity of a system in order to accurately model it. Tony Prescott describes how neuroscientists use thought experiments to study the behavior of simple robots. He also talks about the importance of building models of complex systems in order to gain an understanding of how they work.
00:10:00 The lecture covers the basics of robotics and how to build robots that are similar to animals in terms of their behavior. The lecture also covers how the rat brain works and how to model it with a robot.
00:15:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the work being done in cognitive robotics, specifically the human brain project. He notes that the project is a collaboration between European teams, and shows a clip from a previous project where a robot plays music.
00:20:00 Psychology students believe that the sensorimotor capacity humans possess, such as the ability to reason and feel emotions, should be easy to replicate in robots. The opposite is actually true, as robots still have a long way to go in terms of physical abilities and learning.
00:25:00 This lecture discusses the challenges of creating self-awareness in robots, and how psychologists have responded. The students then give their opinions on which creatures might have a sense of self. Half of the students think that human infants do, while others believe that chimpanzees do. The lecture finishes with a discussion of the amiibo and its sales.
00:30:00 This lecture discusses the origins of the idea that humans are their consciousness, and how it has shaped how we think about ourselves. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are two of the most notable philosophers who argued in favor of this belief.
00:35:00 This lecture explores the idea that the self is an illusion, and that there is no "real" self that persists through time. It discusses various philosophers who have argued in this way, and how their ideas have influenced modern philosophy. Finally, it introduces the idea of embodiment, which is the idea that the self is not just an idea in our head, but something that we experience in our bodies.
00:40:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the self and its various philosophical models. He discusses the self as a mythical entity, the self as it appears in behavior, the self as it appears in psychology, and the self as it appears in robots. He explains how these models relate to one another and how the self can be described in terms of minimal components. He also discusses the various questions that can be asked about the self. Finally, he discusses how the self can be maintained or created in psychological or robotic systems.
00:45:00 This lecture discusses the idea of a "minimal self" and the conditions necessary for its emergence in robots. John Tani discusses a study he conducted in 1998 that focused on building a robot with a minimal sense of self.
00:50:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the concept of the self and its various manifestations in psychology. He discusses how the self emerges through various psychological processes, such as self-awareness, point of view, and the ability to recognize oneself. He also discusses how the self interacts with the world, including its ability to act, feel, and perceive. Finally, he discusses how the self can grow and change over time.
00:55:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the concept of self, explaining that humans develop a sense of self over time and that infants before age two do not have a full understanding of themselves as agents in the world. He goes on to talk about how robots can be built to have a sense of self, using infants as a model.

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Tony Prescott discusses the self and how it can be conceptually divided into different parts in this lecture. He argues that we can build robots that have a sense of self by embodying different sense of self processes in them. The film "Ex Machina" is mentioned as an example of a movie that successfully portrays a robot with a sense of self.

01:00:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the self and how it can be conceptually divided into different parts. He talks about the ecological self, the physical self, and the sensor self. He argues that we can build robots that have a sense of self by embodying different sense of self processes in them. The film "Ex Machina" is mentioned as an example of a movie that successfully portrays a robot with a sense of self.
01:05:00 In this lecture, Professor Tony Prescott explains how humans use their memories, imagination, and cognitive skills to interact with the physical world. He also discusses how the iCub robot uses these same abilities to learn and interact with its environment.
01:10:00 This lecture discusses the research into human memory and how it can be used to create realistic simulations of past experiences or future possibilities.
01:15:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the work that he and other researchers are doing in the area of psychology and robotics. He explains how the work is progressing, focusing on the development of spatial memory and interpersonal self-awareness. He also plays a video of ICub, a computer-generatedCub, demonstrating facial recognition and other abilities.
01:20:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the importance of the body in relation to the self and how it helps to establish a minimal self. He also discusses how the body can help to provide a predictable setting in which the self can exist, and how the self model can remember who it is and what it has done. Finally, he quotes a book by Guy Claxton, which argues that the current myth of the body as a mobile pillar of meat is false and harmful.
01:25:00 In this lecture, Tony Prescott discusses the idea of self-awareness and how it differs from the Western conception. He explains that self-awareness is not just a mental phenomenon, but is tied to our physical brain and mind. He suggests that if we can understand how self-awareness works, we may be able to better understand ourselves.