Do robots have feelings?

[Andrew Blair]

Originally Posted by Mike

So, if you throw a baseball at my face, I am "programmed" to duck out of the way or try and catch it (depending on my confidence in my baseball skills ). You can determine that I will duck when you throw a large blunt object at me, does that mean I am not living?

Aha, I assume that you will duck. You probably will. But the question is, if you escape the large, blunt object, will you begin ruthlessly beating me with a baseball bat, or will you walk away, singing some nondescript show tune like nothing happened?