AI Emotions Thread Follow-up: Fear Without the Physiological Response

yeastsplainer · x · 2026-10-11

A follow-up in the AI emotions thread elaborates the amygdala lesion analogy: affected patients still feel panic and fear but lack the associated physiological response, a similarity the author applies to AI.

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