  After several winters, AI is center-stage once again, with current advances
enabling a vast array of AI applications. This renewed wave of AI has brought
back to the fore several questions from the past, about philosophical
foundations of intelligence and common sense -- predominantly motivated by
ethical concerns of AI decision-making. In this paper, we address some of the
arguments that led to research interest in intelligent agents, and argue for
their relevance even in today's context. Specifically we focus on the cognitive
sense of "self" and its role in autonomous decision-making leading to
responsible behaviour. The authors hope to make a case for greater research
interest in building richer computational models of AI agents with a sense of
self.

Artificial Intelligence