... certainly not generated by them. The most direct correlation that can be observed for emotions, and all other "contents of consciousness" (like pain, taste, the awareness of seeing something ...), is with certain patterns of current flow in the neutrons (and "through" the synapses). While these are "bio-physiological processes", we don't know if the same contents of consciousness cannot also be "generated" by e.g certain patterns of current flow in computer chips. Many scientist and especially AI researchers ...