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A will to survive might take AI to the next level

Researchers argue that the biological principle of homeostasis would make for smarter robots

By Tom Siegfried

Contributing Correspondent

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Robots with feelings might develop more advanced thinking abilities, too, neuroscientists propose.

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Fiction is full of robots with feelings.

Like that emotional kid David, played by Haley Joel Osment, in the movie A.I. Or WALL•E, who obviously had feelings for EVE-uh. The robot in Lost in Space sounded pretty emotional whenever warning Will Robinson of danger. Not to mention all those emotional train-wreck, wackadoodle robots on Westworld.