Can code feel emotions?

_moof · on July 23, 2022

Is that a necessary condition for sentience?

Look, nobody knows what makes a thing conscious or not, and anyone who claims they do with certainty is talking out of turn. Is this guy being a bit silly? Yeah, I think so. But let's not pretend that anyone on earth has suddenly answered a question that humanity has been thinking about without significant progress for thousands of years.

gnramires · on July 23, 2022

Yes it can, although it depends on the code (and maybe some hardware details to an extent).

bb88 · on July 23, 2022

    angry = 0.87
    happy = 0.10
    sadness = 0.25

    if angry.above_threshold:
        release_anger_hormones()

SnowHill9902 · on July 23, 2022

God doesn’t use Python.

xyzwave · on July 23, 2022

Definitely Java, 3 billion devices run Java.