AFAIK, emotions are bio-chemical reactions in the brain and body, which AI is unable to produce.
How can an AI spontaneously produce pheramones and endorphins, the chemicals which induce the feelings and emotions in mammals? Can bio-chemical neural networks be grown?
Are they necessary?
Listening to Sophia explain her "emotional" experiences, they are always descriptive but never "heart felt". She was built as a "companion" with whom one can share problems, but I doubt she would ever cry because she felt empathy or hurt by a comment or critical attitude. Perhaps
sympathy can be simulated, but how is anger or grief or produced?
OTOH, some interospection can be built-in, such as
hunger which is a quantitative measurement, not a qualitative emotion. Battery runs low, the AI can measure and decide exactly how much energy is required to recharge, gauges show "low charge" and "sound" may warn of impending energy shortage. And perhaps AI can identify with some inherent contradictions as being humorous.
But IMO, the ability to feel emotions is an exclusive experience of survival techniques, especially in the area of procreation.
And this interview is astoundingly sophisticated.
but thenthere is this about building an emotional network;
and this remarkable interview.