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I find Daniel Dennett's framing of competency vs comprehension a good place to start. He did a nice talk at the RI on it some time ago[1]. A previous one overlaps with similar ground[2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTFoJQSd48c [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZX6awZq5Z0

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Although that would be really useful in some ways, I'm not sure[0] how that distinction helps with self-awareness in particular?

[0] from reading a summary on the topic rather than watching the videos, I don't have time for 2.25 hours of video right now

Fair, I post it as a starting point to establish ones own interpretation of self-awareness, so as not to wade into the philosophical rabbit hole of bringing my own definition.

The reason I think it can be useful as that, is because I see competency and comprehension as requiring 2 very different levels of "self".

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