Andreae's robot looks quite interesting, and fits nicely the theoretical constraints on mediating states. Reflection on Andreae's robot yields a couple of interesting points about mediating states. We close by defending our use of Dretske's notion of information, rather than Shannon's. According to his description, PP has mediating states. Andreae claims that PP can use its CCs to achieve goals, obtain rewards, and avoid pain.
CCs do indeed seem to be mediating states.
There are a couple of interesting things to note about PP's consistent contexts. First, it appears as if Andreae has in fact added a new condition on mediating states. Andreae's robot PURR-PUSS doesn't cogitate about complex matters at all. Yet it has mediating states. Were it to become significantly more intelligent it would have even more mediating states used at higher levels of cognition.