Given that neural network quines ( https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05859 ) are a thing, it’s plausible that a sufficiently complex neural network could indeed observe itself even without explicitly using itself as an input, assuming you mean ‘performing calculations on its own weights’ by observing itself.
Although this would likely require training to do so.
(This is mainly an excuse to tell others that neural network quines exist.)
Given that neural network quines ( https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05859 ) are a thing, it’s plausible that a sufficiently complex neural network could indeed observe itself even without explicitly using itself as an input, assuming you mean ‘performing calculations on its own weights’ by observing itself.
Although this would likely require training to do so.
(This is mainly an excuse to tell others that neural network quines exist.)
Upvoted for NN quines (didn’t know about this, seems cool)