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The Uncanny Valley: Do We Ever Get Used To Robots That Look Human?
06:58 - 10:11 (03:13)
The concept of the Uncanny Valley was created by roboticist Masahiro Mori. The graph looks at how people's affinity for robots goes up as they become more human-like, but then goes down to feeling creeped out or repulsed before potentially going back up again.
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Roboticist Masahiro Mori plotted out the "uncanny valley" in the 1970s, showing how people's affinity for a robot's lifelikeness increases until it becomes almost, but not quite, human-like, at which point our comfort level plummets.
06:58 - 08:36 (01:38)
Summary
Roboticist Masahiro Mori plotted out the "uncanny valley" in the 1970s, showing how people's affinity for a robot's lifelikeness increases until it becomes almost, but not quite, human-like, at which point our comfort level plummets.
ChapterThe Uncanny Valley: Do We Ever Get Used To Robots That Look Human?
EpisodeSelects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
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We are not 100% sure what Mori meant by some of the words he chose when he defined the concept of the Uncanny Valley, which refers to the discomfort people feel when robots or computer-generated humans look too real.
08:36 - 10:11 (01:35)
Summary
We are not 100% sure what Mori meant by some of the words he chose when he defined the concept of the Uncanny Valley, which refers to the discomfort people feel when robots or computer-generated humans look too real. The translation of one of them, Bukimi, was originally meant as eerie, but it ended up defining what we all know today as the Uncanny Valley.