Do machines have feelings? If to have a personality means to have feelings, then yes. Simple syllogism, simple answer.

All right, I don’t believe that machines actually experience emotions. They don’t feel happy, angry, joyous, etc. (though I’m not prepared to say they are not capable of being spiteful or thoroughly bloodyminded). But I do believe that machines acquire over a period of time their own personal pattern of behaviour…(more)

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