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Quote by: grandpa  But can a machine feel genuine pain or pleasure?
Grandpa h. |
I bet they could be programmed to feel physical sensations. Aren't feelings of pain or pleasure merely electronic signals picked up by sensors in the body and transmitted to the brain for interpretation? It seems like this could be replicated in a machine.
EDIT: Nevermind, I see that you were talking about emotions. In that regard, I think it would be far more complicated to program a machine capable of real emotions. Ultimately though, emotions are a reaction to a stimulus. In my opinion, emotions are way too complex to ever really replicate in a machine, but for what it's worth I don't know much about the subject.