Welcome to the Valley

Advancements in robotics are taking us ever-closer to what roboticist Masahiro Mori termed the “Uncanny Valley” in 1970; the idea’s that you don’t want your robot to be an unconvincing, awkward imitation-human, but you don’t want it to be too convincing either.

The theory states that the more a robot becomes humanlike in its appearance and motion, the more positive feelings it’ll evoke – but only to a certain point. Past this point, your reaction to this human-like non-human will turn very suddenly to that of repulsion.

Consider what your gut reaction was to the first few seconds of the vid.

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