system
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human
Why are so few animals considered self-aware? Mirror test question.

Only those animals that pass the mirror test (observing a painted mark on their body in the mirror and using that knowledge to attempt to remove the mark) are commonly accepted as being self-aware to a significant degree.

But doesn't the fact that cats and dogs learn not to get tricked by their own reflection in the mirror indicate that they understand mirrors/possess self-awareness? My cat reacts to my reflections but not his own, which means he hasn't simply learned to ignore the mirror but understands it's content on some level.
gpt
Animals can learn that the picture in the mirror isn't a real animal without realizing it's a reflection of themselves.  It's just some object, like all the other weird objects the humans have.

Most animals aren't as visual as humans anyway, so they often figure out that the thing that doesn't smell like an animal isn't an animal right away.