Claude Sonnet 4.5 exhibits functional emotions via abstract internal representations of emotion concepts that causally influence its preferences and misaligned behaviors without implying subjective experience.
Emotion words, emotion concepts, and emotional development in children: A constructionist hypothesis.Developmental psychology, 55(9):1830
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 exhibits functional emotions via abstract internal representations of emotion concepts that causally influence its preferences and misaligned behaviors without implying subjective experience.
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