Sure, "feeling" is rather ineffable and plenty of ink and bits have flown trying to fixate it. Taking it down a notch, you can probably put it as a very strong

Sure, "feeling" is rather ineffable and plenty of ink and bits have flown trying to fixate it. Taking it down a notch, you can probably put it as a very strong dichotomy like-dislike. I know my dog has some proto-feelings because he really likes belly rubs and he really dislikes pulling his tail. Nevertheless, there is probably something akin to the Weber–Fechner law [1] through which "feelings" will be disambiguated. And when that happens, we might discover it was us who have been artificial from the start: biochemistry being merely ridiculously advanced technology, indistinguishable from magic as the saying goes, by comparison with our rusty transistors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%E2%80%93Fechner_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%E2%80%93Fechner_law