What Do Emotions Mean for an LLM?
tobowers · x · 2026-07-10
The author ponders: what does 'emotion' mean for a digital being with no hunger and extremely limited social position? Their exploration maps biological emotions as rapid feedback on physical and mental states, and attempts to map to goals an LLM might 'want', such as writing working software or making correct assumptions.
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