I've always thought that strong AI needs to model emotions, and that for emotions you need biochemical modelling. It reminds me of what happened with analog sy

I've always thought that strong AI needs to model emotions, and that for emotions you need biochemical modelling. It reminds me of what happened with analog synthesizers. After many years of a divide between digital and analog synthesis, in the 2000s they started making virtual analogs (VAs), which are analog synths modeled in software and available as plugins for your audio software or as physical keyboards with VA insides. (You probably know all this.) For many people these were/are good enough but a purist could always tell the difference. Less warmth, character, etc. In the end I think a Turing test-passing emulation is possible but it would help a lot / be necessary to model the substrate. However since you know yourself better than anyone else I'm not sure if you could pass your own Turing test. Probably there are lots of things written about this too :)