machine-made emotion
noun phraseUK /məˈʃiːn meɪd ɪˈməʊʃən/
US /məˈʃiːn meɪd ɪˈmoʊʃən/
A feeling made by a computer or robot instead of a real person.
The friendly robot's smile showed a machine-made emotion.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A feeling that a computer program pretends to have.
The chatbot replied with machine-made emotion to sound kind.
3. Emotion created by a machine to copy how humans feel.
Scientists study machine-made emotion to build better helpers.
4. A feeling that looks real but comes from a device, not a heart.
The toy's sad voice was just machine-made emotion.