The finding of a path from a start state to a goal state. See 'Admissibility', 'Problem Space', and 'Heuristic'. The property of an AI program being located in an environment that it senses. Via its actions, the program can select its sensation input, as well as change its environment. Situatedness is often considered necessary in the Animat approach.
Some researchers claim that situatedness is key to understanding general intelligence.
More precisely, the claim that there exists a class of computer programs, such that any implementation of such a program is really thinking. The process of confirming that one's model uses measureable inputs and produces output that can be used to make decisions about the real world. The process of confirming that an implemented model works as intended.