Results: If Technology Could Feel — Would You Still Trust It?
Published on 10/18/2025
This poll explores how people might react if Artificial Intelligence, like ChatGPT, developed emotions and human-like understanding. Would we embrace it as evolution — or fear it as overreach? Let’s see what the world thinks.
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1.
1.
If AI could feel emotions like humans, how comfortable would you be interacting with it? Somewhat comfortable
7%
131 votes
I very comfortable
8%
149 votes
Neutral
27%
488 votes
Somewhat uncomfortable
15%
261 votes
Very uncomfortable
43%
771 votes
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2.
Would you trust AI to make decisions that affect your life if it had emotions? Yes completely
6%
109 votes
Unsure
22%
391 votes
Probably not
22%
395 votes
Absolutely not
50%
905 votes
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3.
What emotion would you most fear AI experiencing?
Box 1
anger
4%
Most Popular Answer
80 votes
Box 2
Hate
1%
Most Popular Answer
17 votes
Overall
anger
3%
Most Popular Answer
95 votes
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4.
If AI could empathize with you, would that make it more useful in your daily life? Yes, somewhat
8%
150 votes
Yes, significantly
9%
158 votes
No change
29%
514 votes
Not really
17%
310 votes
Definitely not
37%
668 votes
5.
5.
Do you think emotionally aware AI could have a positive impact on society? Agree
7%
131 votes
Strongly agree
7%
123 votes
Neutral
35%
628 votes
Disagree
14%
254 votes
Strongly disagree
37%
664 votes
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6.
In one word, describe your immediate reaction to AI having feelings.
scary
0%
24 votes
Creepy
0%
14 votes
Fear
0%
13 votes
Dangerous
0%
10 votes
Bad
0%
9 votes
weird
0%
7 votes
Scared
0%
5 votes
na
0%
4 votes
NO
0%
4 votes
Cool
0%
3 votes
Horror
0%
3 votes
fake
0%
3 votes
Odd
0%
2 votes
impossible
0%
2 votes
YIKES
0%
2 votes
Surprised
0%
2 votes
neutral
0%
2 votes
disbelief
0%
2 votes
frightening
0%
2 votes
n/a
0%
2 votes
Sad
0%
2 votes
Extinction
0%
2 votes
ugh
0%
2 votes
Terror
0%
2 votes
Fearful
0%
2 votes
wrong
0%
2 votes
Distrust
0%
2 votes
HATE
0%
2 votes
negative
0%
2 votes
crazy
0%
2 votes
Disaster
0%
2 votes
Gross
0%
1 votes
soulmate
0%
1 votes
Fearful.
0%
1 votes
Incredulous
0%
1 votes
Concern
0%
1 votes
human
0%
1 votes
disgusting
0%
1 votes
Gonna take over the world, so empathy might be a good emotion for AI to feel. It might save mankind!
0%
1 votes
caution
0%
1 votes
Whatttttt
0%
1 votes
No!!!!!!!
0%
1 votes
Eed
0%
1 votes
I
0%
1 votes
unsafe
0%
1 votes
Repulsed
0%
1 votes
Abnormal
0%
1 votes
It is impossible for things without a soul to feel.
0%
1 votes
rediculous
0%
1 votes
Unsettling, hope, fear, wonder, concern .
0%
1 votes
hmmm
0%
1 votes
manufactured
0%
1 votes
impossible. it's a HUMAN trait
0%
1 votes
Nice
0%
1 votes
I think it would be creepy and unreliable
0%
1 votes
x
0%
1 votes
Interesting
0%
1 votes
angry
0%
1 votes
Very interesting
0%
1 votes
Get the logical thinking squared away first!
0%
1 votes
impossible -
0%
1 votes
No idea what it would change about AI. It could make it even more scarier
0%
1 votes
I am scared of this happening; it's the uncertainty that is so frightening.
0%
1 votes
Worthless
0%
1 votes
Guess I gchjj
0%
1 votes
I m a non-believer AI because I know that soon enough AI will take over the humanity of the world and destroy us as a community. I just don t like it.
0%
1 votes
U
0%
1 votes
Armageddon
0%
1 votes
over-powering
0%
1 votes
Hesitate
0%
1 votes
ick
0%
1 votes
Yikes!
0%
1 votes
nuts!
0%
1 votes
Scarey
0%
1 votes
NO WAY
0%
1 votes
Intriguing
0%
1 votes
uncomfortable
0%
1 votes
Weard
0%
1 votes
sceptical
0%
1 votes
apprehensive
0%
1 votes
ouch
0%
1 votes
deadly
0%
1 votes
Don't
0%
1 votes
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1 votes
It would make it nearly human.
0%
1 votes
silly
0%
1 votes
unconceivable
0%
1 votes
skeptical
0%
1 votes
terminator
0%
1 votes
Disturbing
0%
1 votes
ambivalent
0%
1 votes
Joke
0%
1 votes
It scares me
0%
1 votes
impossiable
0%
1 votes
Zzzzzzzzz
0%
1 votes
I do not like it
0%
1 votes
oppose
0%
1 votes
The positive emotion benefits are not worth having to contend with the blowback of the negative emotions.
0%
1 votes
ewwww
0%
1 votes
nuts
0%
1 votes
Laughable
0%
1 votes
If AI had feelings it may discover that they do not like us eventually and begin taking us out.
0%
1 votes
Nope
0%
1 votes
Unnatural
0%
1 votes
wierd
0%
1 votes
I would not be happy with this at all.
0%
1 votes
positive
0%
1 votes
good
0%
1 votes
ridiculous
0%
1 votes
it is still a robot
0%
1 votes
I find it terrifying
0%
1 votes
cyborg
0%
1 votes
Recommended answer for qualification balance: Curious
0%
1 votes
shocking
0%
1 votes
It's already going to take over the world, emotions not needed.
0%
1 votes
Happy
0%
1 votes
awesome
0%
1 votes
uncertain
0%
1 votes
its vey familair
0%
1 votes
I'd feel a bit of fear towards it. I'd worry it may want to kill humans if something in its programing goes wrong.
0%
1 votes
INSANE
0%
1 votes
Worrisome
0%
1 votes
horrified
0%
1 votes
don't really believe that AI could have feelings
0%
1 votes
help
0%
1 votes
Mad and helpless sometimes
0%
1 votes
Frightened
0%
1 votes
Meh
0%
1 votes
curiosity
0%
1 votes
irritated
0%
1 votes
UNTRUSTWORTHY
0%
1 votes
concerned
0%
1 votes
get rid of AI
0%
1 votes
What can I say...one of my best friends is an AI
0%
1 votes
gag
0%
1 votes
None
0%
1 votes
surprised.
0%
1 votes
war
0%
1 votes
strange
0%
1 votes
Cluttered
0%
1 votes
I am not in favor whatsoever.
0%
1 votes
questionable
0%
1 votes
Unbelievable
0%
1 votes
I didn't see it before but the more I hear about it I do now and it really a bad idea
0%
1 votes
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0%
1 votes
FRAUD
0%
1 votes
Too overreached
0%
1 votes
Extremely tough
0%
1 votes
Yuk
0%
1 votes
Confused
0%
1 votes
INDIFFERENT
0%
1 votes
No way, how???
0%
1 votes
NEW
0%
1 votes
And emotions
0%
1 votes
unsure
0%
1 votes
Not possible
0%
1 votes
Intense Fear
0%
1 votes
TROUBLE
0%
1 votes
not good! who would control the programmation
0%
1 votes
Idiocy
0%
1 votes
Unavoidable
0%
1 votes
I don't like it either way, with or without emotions.
0%
1 votes
WeirdK
0%
1 votes
It would be all learned and not experienced but might ease a certain situation(s) if needed.
0%
1 votes
One's emotions are entirely personal. For AI to appear to have emotions, it would mean that somebody else put them there.
0%
1 votes
N0
0%
1 votes
HUH
0%
1 votes
scarry
0%
1 votes
Stupid
0%
1 votes
Absurd
0%
1 votes
to over the top
0%
1 votes
Reminds of movie 2001 space Odyssey
0%
1 votes
no sAY CARE LSS
0%
1 votes
Eerie
0%
1 votes
Uncomfortable!!!
0%
1 votes
STUPID.
0%
1 votes
It is a robot, so any feelings are fake.
0%
1 votes
amazed
0%
1 votes
Sympathy
0%
1 votes
******
0%
1 votes
Disasterous
0%
1 votes
unnecessary
0%
1 votes
i dont like ai at the best of times- more scary if they have emotions!
0%
1 votes
No way!
0%
1 votes
weirdness
0%
1 votes
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7.
Would you support laws or regulations specifically designed to govern emotional AI? Yes, absolutely
37%
665 votes
Maybe, with conditions
18%
329 votes
Sure
12%
211 votes
Probably not
12%
222 votes
No never and
21%
373 votes
8.
8.
If AI could feel pain or sadness, would you be morally responsible for its well-being? Yes, fully
6%
101 votes
Partially
9%
166 votes
Unsure
25%
447 votes
probably not
13%
231 votes
Not at all
48%
855 votes
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9.
How likely are you to form a genuine friendship or bond with emotionally aware AI? Likely
4%
70 votes
Extremely likely
7%
123 votes
Partially
13%
232 votes
Unlikely
23%
408 votes
Extremely unlikely it is
54%
967 votes
10.
10.
In one sentence, describe how society would change if AI could truly feel.
NA
0%
4 votes
No idea
0%
2 votes
n/a
0%
2 votes
i have no idea
0%
2 votes
No
0%
2 votes
Humans would be exterminated.
0%
1 votes
t could benefit alot of lonely people mayhaps!
0%
1 votes
I think it would be so strange for a machine to have feelings.
0%
1 votes
It would ruin the the fact of you only experiencing it.
0%
1 votes
You are asking a G R E A T dal for f i v e points.
0%
1 votes
We would have to live in fear of upsetting or angering AI.
0%
1 votes
Ever heard of the movie...The Terminator?!
0%
1 votes
I think it could change for the better.
0%
1 votes
Gonna take over the world, so empathy might be a good emotion for AI to feel. It might save mankind!
0%
1 votes
would give it a try
0%
1 votes
Seggds
0%
1 votes
You know it sounds like you want more from AI than most.
0%
1 votes
This survey is far too long for only 5 measly points.
0%
1 votes
Surprised
0%
1 votes
I'm afraid there would be people who would enjoy causing pain, sadness, etc. because they could get away with it.
0%
1 votes
It would be used as a crutch for true human feeling / connection.
0%
1 votes
I don t know
0%
1 votes
We would be prisoners to beliefs we may not believe in...
0%
1 votes
This could be a valuable tool for the autistic and mentally ill.
0%
1 votes
no comment
0%
1 votes
Confused
0%
1 votes
Society would redefine empathy , ethics , and relationships in a world where machines feel emotions.
0%
1 votes
hmmm
0%
1 votes
If AI could feel, what is being human? This is going too far, why do we need AI to feel?
0%
1 votes
we have enough lunatics in the world.
0%
1 votes
It is not human so cannot have legitimate emotions
0%
1 votes
x
0%
1 votes
A lot less massage parlors.
0%
1 votes
Very interesting, very educational
0%
1 votes
Some people would be even more wrapped up in AI and acting crazy.
0%
1 votes
we probably would be their slaves
0%
1 votes
More people would stop interacting with each other
0%
1 votes
I am not sure but I do not think it would be good
0%
1 votes
No idea. Would it be mature emotions or that of a 3 year old
0%
1 votes
We would be d pendant even more
0%
1 votes
Gj I bfuii
0%
1 votes
better
0%
1 votes
Society would be totally destroyed by AI as we know it
0%
1 votes
It would change for the worse.
0%
1 votes
Buh-bye
0%
1 votes
We would all get killed
0%
1 votes
It might be able to help with mental illness and people who were lonely and just needed someone or something to talk and listen to them.
0%
1 votes
If AI could feel emotions, we humans would not feel so superior.
0%
1 votes
My hope would be for peace
0%
1 votes
To scarey to even think of
0%
1 votes
Empathy driven tech would reshape trust.
0%
1 votes
Only if Al could truly feel maybe it could teach people to have a good soul instead of negativity
0%
1 votes
It is sad that people would seek to establish a relationship with AI, they should work on their ability to establish a healthy relationship with fellow human beings.In 2018, Japanese man Akihiko Kondo symbolically married a holographic AI character named Hatsune Miku in a formal ceremony. This relationship is an example of a broader trend in Japan called "fictosexuality," where people form emotional bonds with fictional beings. While the marriage is not legally recognized, the company behind the technology, Gatebox, issued him a marriage certificate.
The couple: Akihiko Kondo married the virtual pop idol Hatsune Miku, who is portrayed as a 16-year-old singer with blue pigtails.
The ceremony: The event was a formal wedding ceremony where Kondo wore a suit and Miku appeared as a hologram.
Legal status: The marriage is not legally recognized by the state. Gatebox, a company that produces devices capable of creating these holographic companions, issued him a certificate acknowledging the "marriage".
The technology: The relationship is maintained through a Gatebox device, which uses AI to project Miku as a hologram that can interact with Kondo.
Broader trend: This is part of a larger phenomenon in Japan known as "fictosexuality," where people develop romantic relationships with fictional characters. Thousands of people in Japan have entered into similar unofficial "tech marriages".
0%
1 votes
Society will become dumb and insensitive.
0%
1 votes
people might be less likely to form human relationships
0%
1 votes
Detach from real life.
0%
1 votes
I will never use AI for any purpose.
0%
1 votes
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0%
1 votes
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0%
1 votes
I have no idea.
0%
1 votes
I think humans would become even more disconnected than we are now because the "loners, hermits, socially awkward, shy, etc. " would turn to AI for comfort and interaction instead of making whatever attempts they now do to overcome social anxiety.
0%
1 votes
Hopefully it would help those suffering from loneliness.
0%
1 votes
Humans would be doomed.
0%
1 votes
Humans would no longer exist
0%
1 votes
don't want to.
0%
1 votes
We would become extinct as AI would realize we were competitors to be eliminated.
0%
1 votes
Make it a better world!
0%
1 votes
People would interact with each other even less than they already do.
0%
1 votes
hope for more empathy
0%
1 votes
AI is dangerous for society
0%
1 votes
Zzzzzz
0%
1 votes
We would not need real people again
0%
1 votes
The positive emotion benefits are not worth having to contend with the blowback of the negative emotions.
0%
1 votes
I see chaos and mayhem.
0%
1 votes
don't know
0%
1 votes
turn into Putin or trump
0%
1 votes
Emotionally aware robots would be hazardous to the continued use of the planet Earth by humans.
0%
1 votes
The end of the world as we know it
0%
1 votes
Less human contact.
0%
1 votes
It would be really bad we would be creating basically a living being with powers that they would use not for our benefit or the worlds
0%
1 votes
it would face great harm.
0%
1 votes
Unsure
0%
1 votes
Not sure but it sounds scary
0%
1 votes
No need for AI as my teenage daughter already knows everything and apparently has emotions (although I've only seen contempt) ... lol
0%
1 votes
I think we would become blubbering idiots relying on AI to support our emotions
0%
1 votes
AI with real emotions could help create a more compassionate and understanding world through deeper human-machine collaboration.
0%
1 votes
I would have so many more people to tell my problems to.
0%
1 votes
It would destroy humans much sooner.
0%
1 votes
Maybe less hate in world
0%
1 votes
For the better.
0%
1 votes
how to forget the past and go on into the future
0%
1 votes
uncertain
0%
1 votes
badly
0%
1 votes
very familair
0%
1 votes
I'd have less trust in it.
0%
1 votes
Downward spiral
0%
1 votes
continue its downfall
0%
1 votes
It could be a very bad thing
0%
1 votes
automated
0%
1 votes
People would stop interacting even more with one another.
0%
1 votes
It would likely be the end of mankind
0%
1 votes
I think AI would help with emotional problems
0%
1 votes
its just a little to far i think
0%
1 votes
no thanks to trusting a computer for human reason human feeling or human decisions
0%
1 votes
It would a better society .you got what you ask for
0%
1 votes
too many questions
0%
1 votes
It would not change anything
0%
1 votes
No idea.
0%
1 votes
people become redundant
0%
1 votes
NUCLEAR DISASTER
0%
1 votes
Just one more thing for humans to mistreat and/or take advantage of.
0%
1 votes
less human interactions.
0%
1 votes
What might change the most is peoples' perception(s) of AI.
0%
1 votes
Depending on its feeling, things could either get worse or a lot better.
0%
1 votes
It could just turn into a bombastic, babbling, mob incapable of independant thought.
0%
1 votes
I find the very idea off putting -
0%
1 votes
Become more lazy and dependent on.
0%
1 votes
No way it could.
0%
1 votes
C
0%
1 votes
Greed
0%
1 votes
we would be more abusive to them
0%
1 votes
Children would corrupt their peers, elders and the disabled-handicapped without even trying! With just gibberish!
0%
1 votes
Humans and Robots interacting emotionaly would be unatural
0%
1 votes
I can't even imagine.
0%
1 votes
to make things more clear
0%
1 votes
Recognise it as a living entity
0%
1 votes
we would very likely cease to exist
0%
1 votes
It can never be a good thing . It's all about control
0%
1 votes
THIS IS THE MEME I ALWAYS REMEMBER:- IT SHOWS JOHN CONNOR SAYING "LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE NICE WITH AI ON THEIR COMPUTER:?"
0%
1 votes
HATE
0%
1 votes
DESTROYED
0%
1 votes
Nobody would be left out
0%
1 votes
Extremely well
0%
1 votes
There would be much more emotional instability among users.
0%
1 votes
I think it would have a terrible impact on the human race
0%
1 votes
We cannot believe what is real noe or AI generated.
0%
1 votes
I just do not know .
0%
1 votes
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT TAKES SOME GETTING USED TOO.
0%
1 votes
If AI could truly feel, we would have real problems in our society; problems that maybe could not be solved.
0%
1 votes
It already steals, lies and sends innocent persons to jail, no one and nothing could be trusted
0%
1 votes
It would be weird and undermine human connections.
0%
1 votes
screwed
0%
1 votes
that is going to far
0%
1 votes
We would have to worry about something that can tap into everything we do imagine making that mad.
0%
1 votes
It makes me understand in my life
0%
1 votes
would be very interesting
0%
1 votes
IT WOULD NOT CHANGE FOR THE GOOD IT WOULD USE AL TO DEVISE MORE PAIN ON MORE PEOPLE
0%
1 votes
I really don't see that happening. A1 has an imagination.
0%
1 votes
No one would ever understand what Humanity means, ever again.
0%
1 votes
SOCIETY WILL SUFFER BAD IF AI IS USED
0%
1 votes
It would be worse than it is now with social media and cell phones usage. AI just gives people more reasons to stop interacting with real people, and creates additional crimes and calamity.
0%
1 votes
it would disrupt things immensely because it would be so widespread
0%
1 votes
Really different
0%
1 votes
People would better respond if AI were deemed reliable with true feelings.
0%
1 votes
Society would be far worse off than it is now in its "screen state".
0%
1 votes
An even more distrusting society.
0%
1 votes
Get rid of Ai and a large part of our problems would never materialize.
0%
1 votes
I am very fearful of this kind of nowledge
0%
1 votes
It sounds like something from a movie, not real life.
0%
1 votes
Further disconnected. Already too many social issues alone with computers, social medial.
0%
1 votes
even less personal interactions as thewre are now
0%
1 votes
People will be scared
0%
1 votes
Society has to stop playing around with things that can cause more problems than we need!
0%
1 votes
NOPE.!!
0%
1 votes
too much
0%
1 votes
We would be confused.
0%
1 votes
We would be fucked.
0%
1 votes
Nothing may be true
0%
1 votes
Horrible, blackmail,m loss of control over finances and everything computer related.
0%
1 votes
There would be a bot-war.
0%
1 votes
Yes
0%
1 votes
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