'We feel it in our bones': Can a machine ever love you?
'We feel it in our bones': Can a machine ever love you?
- February 10, 2026
- Don Hoffman, cognitive sciences, BBC, Feb. 10, 2026
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"No one has any clue about getting any specific conscious experience out of an AI," says Donald Hoffman, a professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. "It's not like we're almost there: we don't know how to start."
For the full story, please visit https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260209-can-a-machine-ever-love-you.
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