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So—if an entity displays the correct facial expressions, sounds and gestures, who’s to say it’s not “experiencing” the emotions? It is not experiencing emotion

So—if an entity displays the correct facial expressions, sounds and gestures, who’s to say it’s not “experiencing” the emotions? It is not experiencing emotions because it is a robot. Sometimes very profound thoughts, are not very profound at all. When we see a rotting carcass we don't experience hunger, but a hyena would. It's just programming. So the only way a robot would feel something is if it is programmed to "feel something".

pygy 18y ago
> So the only way a robot would feel something is if it is programmed to "feel something". The topic is a bit more subtle. Defining and understanding subjective experience is a topic that currently totally evades scientific understanding. Try to explain in a non ad hoc way what it is to see the color red (it's the canonical example). Can a robot ever experience human-like emotions? and, assuming robots experience somthing, or come to experience something one day, could a human experience robot-like feelings? Robert French and David Chalmers (who both studied under Douglas Hofdstater btw) have lot's of interesting insights about these topics.