Recent research suggests it may be the same reason we find dolls and cheap CGI so unnerving: the uncanny valley. ADVERTISEMENT ... because it’s in a sweet spot of lifelikeness.

In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori published an article in the Japanese magazine Energy titled "Bukimi No Tani" (English translation: "The Uncanny Valley ... we have a blind spot.

The term “uncanny valley” went viral earlier this year after a collection of AI-generated images appearing to show a house party spooked viewers who struggled to spot why the images were so eerie.

From humanoid robot heads to super-realistic prosthetic hands, the uncanny valley is where robots that ... real data would reveal the same pattern. Spot of bother A few studies have asserted ...

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To make matters worse, you probably think you can spot a fake. After all, you see weird AI-generated videos of celebrities on social media and they give you that uncanny valley tingle. But it’s a ...

Is there though a middle ground between those two physical appearances that lands us into the uncanny valley? Perhaps you spot a self-driving car coming down the street and it kind of seems like ...