Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori wrote an essay that said the closer robots come to lifelike, the more they unsettle humans. His theory became the Uncanny Valley, and science has been evaluating it – and what makes something creepy - in recent years. Learn all about it with Josh and Chuck in thi...
Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori wrote an essay that said the closer robots come to lifelike, the more they unsettle humans. His theory became the Uncanny Valley, and science has been evaluating it – and what makes something creepy - in recent years. Learn all about it with Josh and Chuck in thi...
The Iron Titan: Synthetic Ethics, Machine Consciousness, and the Golem Myth
The Iron Titan: Golem Legends and Synthetic EthicsWelcome to the workshop of the created, where ancient clay yields to silicon, carbon fiber, and the primordial dream of breathing life into the lifeless. Today, we step forward to ask a bolder, more haunting question: What happens when the sacred ...
Is the AI Apocalypse Mostly Hype? S2E6
There are so many chicken little's these days decrying the downfall of man at the hands of Large Language Models. There are also, a lot of grifters taking advantage of that panic to line their wallets or just feel alive if only for a moment. Which is why we are here to fight that misinformation a...
The Uncanny Valley: Why Almost-Human Robots Disturb Us
In this episode of Robotics, host Daniel Cole explores the uncanny valley phenomenon—the psychological response that makes almost-human robots deeply unsettling. Discover how Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori first identified this effect in 1970 and why our brains react negatively to entities tha...
The Other: Inside Uncanny Valley 👤🎭
True monsters don't always 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 inhuman. Sometimes they look like us...but only 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 to fool you...🎭In 1970, Japanese roboticist 🤖 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙞 gave this unsettling phenomenon a name: the 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮. 👤Now, that's something 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 can exploit...🎬Whether that be 𝙀.𝙏.𝘼. 𝙃𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣'𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚...
The Psychology of the Uncanny Valley: Why Creepy Dolls & Masks Scare Us
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Have you ever wondered why creepy dolls, lifeless wax figures, or villains hiding behind expressionless masks—like Michael Myers or Ghostface—se...
