The question is not whether intelligent machines can have emotions, but whether machines can be intelligent without any emotions. Minsky, The Society of Mind Related sites Visit the Emotion Forum page for information about research on emotion and related events. You can also subscribe to the emotion mailing list . You can do it from here.
Some students see emotions at the very heart of what being social means.
This symposium proposes a framework where researchers can exchange ideas and reflect on the motivations, scientific grounds, and practical consequences of these efforts. It aims at doing so in a multi-disciplinary environment, bringing together researchers from different communities concerned with the study of emotions and of social intelligence. The symposium investigates the role of emotions in grounding inter-personal behaviors and social cognition, from the perspective of both, the individual and the collectivity. Contributions on emotions in individual agents are also welcomed, but authors should state how their work is relevant from the perspective of social interactions and cognition. Interaction among participants will be fostered, and ample time will be devoted to discussions.