Can we share an us-feeling with a digital machine? Emotional sharing and the recognition of one as another

摘要

To share an us-feeling means to acknowledge one another. Can we share such a feeling with an extreme form of the other, for instance with a digital machine? The answer that is given in this article is no'. Relevant tests like the Turing Test are based on a third-person perspective, whereas a second-person perspective would be needed.