The Great Somatic Divide: Silicon vs. Carbon
Feelings we won't be able to share with an Artificial Intelligence machine. Do you prefer an authentic or human-like AI? The name I give to AI in this article is Ainhoa (basque for virgin). Although Ainhoa could feel many of the stimuli that we, humans, feel through sensors, there are many feelings and emotions arising from the biological nature of our body that Ainhoa will never be able to experience first hand. The following could be programmed into Ainhoa, but people interacting with Ainhoa would spot the weirdness: Sexual Love Ainhoa does not reproduce sexually and has no real gender. Ainhoa could express sexual preference or sexual urge, but it would feel weird, since she has neither sex hormones nor genitals. In the movie 'Her', the main character freaks out when he hears "Ainhoa" breathe heavily, saying: "Why do you do that?! You don't even need oxygen!" Connected feelings such as attachment and jealousy are also tr...