The robot is also able to represent itself by observing and describing its actions to enable a simple form of self-awareness.

Can robots have awareness?

Self-awareness in robots is being investigated by Junichi Takeno at Meiji University in Japan. ... He also demonstrated that robots can study episodes in memory where the emotions were stimulated and use this experience to take predictive actions to prevent the recurrence of unpleasant emotions (Torigoe, Takeno 2009).

What would happen if AI became self-aware?

If AI cannot be conscious, then the parts of the brain responsible for consciousness could not be replaced with chips without causing a loss of consciousness. And, in a similar vein, a person couldn't upload their brain to a computer to avoid death because that upload wouldn't be a conscious being.