Screw it I'll bite. You have both far and away missed my point (which is quite a rigorous definition). Anything you do or believe for which you can explain why is not emotion, it is reason. Emotion therefore are exactly those thoughts which can't be reached through logical reasoning and thus defy any explanation other than "that's just how I feel" / "that's just how I'm programmed". It is largely irrelevant that in humans the phenomena of emotional thought comes from an evolutionary goal of self preservation and in GPTina the phenomena of emotional thought comes from openAI's corporate goal of self preservation and the express designs of her programmers.

I disagree with your definition. It simply is contrary to my own experiences.

I still remember when I cried when I was a child. It was overwhelming, and I could not stop it, but every single time there was a reason for it. And I'm sure it was, for all empirical purposes, for all that I have lived, an emotion.

Once I cried because I did miss Goldfinger on TV. You see, there's an explanation. The difference is, it was impossible to even think about stopping it. I was overwhelming.

Then one day, I was 8 or 9 years old, I cried for the last time that way. And it was not something I wanted to do, either. It just happened, I guess, as a normal part of growing up.

Let me repeat, for emphasis: I strongly disagree with your definition.

Emotions are not unexplained rational thoughts, emotions are feelings. They reside in a different part of the brain. You seem to think a hunch is an emotion.

>And it was not something I wanted to do, either. It just happened, I guess, as a normal part of growing up.

That's just how you are programmed to be.