Posted originally on Feb 1, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

QUESTION: You mentioned your two dogs and how they know hundreds of words but have different personalities. I believe you said they have the same emotions of love, fear, and hate as humans. Do you think that animals have the same emotional capacity as humans? Are their minds functioning the same as ours in your quest to create AI? Yet you say AI can never achieve that same emotional aspect of life.

KW

ANSWER: Absolutely. Here is a video of animals who bond with humans, from lions to rhinos and elephants. There is something that not only we possess but most animals. I do not believe this can ever be created with code. I can mimic an emotional response. YOu curse at the computer, and it can curse back. But there is no deep “feeling” that emerges. I can even create codes that given the computer vision so it can recognize you from someone else. But again, there is no emotional bond. That is the stuff of movies.