> Ability to feel

Interesting, possibly productive, but still not clear: that can be interpreted as just "reacting to input".

> that can be interpreted as just "reacting to input"

How? That's not the same.

Well, define "feel" - in a context that could be also applied to machines. It seems to be (if we really had to employ it for the sake of discussion) "getting signals from peripherals, orienting action".