This isn’t new, but I’m glad to see this in HN. I’ve been thinking about this for a very long time (fun to think about when bored and in long drives). Some th

This isn’t new, but I’m glad to see this in HN. I’ve been thinking about this for a very long time (fun to think about when bored and in long drives). Some things I feel are needed, but much are out of my technical expertise. - Modeling of basic emotions. - Priority override and ranking, as emotions aren’t a single state. - Instinctive/pre-determined/trigger actions based on basic emotions. - Heartbeat trigger to continue to drive actions (boredom). - Thought along with external input as feedback (recurrent network) to update emotional state. Edit: I’m sure someone will pick this apart as a juvenile effort, but this topic is the most fun to think about as it crosses multiple disciplines.