The proposed test of self-awareness asks whether a system can recognize options beyond a binary choice. A person faced with two unsatisfactory answers can look for another way to solve the problem. A system limited to choosing zero or one would fail that test, however alarming its behavior. This is a proposed criterion for intelligence in science-fiction scenarios.
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Self-awareness and finding alternatives to a binary choice
Looking for another solution when neither available answer works is offered as a test of contextual reasoning.