Artificial Intelligence A Promising Future?

Is a computer capable, like a human, of experiencing emotions (empathy, jealousy, fear)? Can a computer, through cunning, imitate the expression of such emotions for "personal" gain? Allowing for all this to be possible, it would follow necessarily that the computer must not only be self-conscious but also have awareness and understanding of the human mind, in order to know its interlocutors' expectations and anticipate their response. Perhaps the real question is beyond "Can a computer think?" One may ask: "Can a computer be as manipulative, as deceptive, as duplicitous - or as charming, as honest, and as kind as a human can be?"