Robots with \"feelings\"... who the hell wants that???

[isoFlux]

i don\'t see why computers cannot be programmed to emulate every aspect of human thinking/emotions/whatever.

the biggest roadblocks are: without quantum computing, there looks to be no processor fast enough to actually run the thing. and before that, something that complicated and huge will be prone to unimaginable ammounts of bugs and the limits of human understanding and manpower will prevent it from ever being coded with traditional practices.

but hey, you can\'t send a piece of paper through a phone line, right?

even if we do actually invent AI, or perfect emotion-emulation, i agree with some commnets above: what would we use it for? some perverted sex toy? a replacement for online chat? *shrug* dunno. but i bet when/if it ever does come around, there will be uses we havnt thought of.

its a very dangerous, volitile, and complicated mess. and for myself, quite scary when you think about it. very cool, though.