The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong

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4 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2021
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A video essay arguing that the uncanny valley, the idea that near-human faces and robots feel creepy, does not hold up as usually described. It examines examples of human-like characters and machines to make its case.

HN people offer it as an amazing, convincing counterpoint whenever the uncanny valley comes up as settled fact.

“it's pretty linear based on how well that goal of emotional affect is achieved”
Psychology for designers
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@Errancer2021 · in “Disney Combines CGI with Neural Rendering to Tackle the ‘Uncanny Valley’”
Slightly off topic but there is an interesting argument to be made against the existence of 'Uncanny Valley' – ▶ this video
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@pingiun2021 · in “The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@MikeLumos2021 · in “The “Uncanny Valley” and How Artists Have Explored It”
As a counterpoint, here's an amazing video making a convincing argument that "Uncanny Valley" isn't a thing: ▶ this video
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@MitPitt2021 · in “The Uncanny Valley Is Bullshit”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@kortex2021 · in “Artificial muscles robotic arm with full range of motion [video]”
The uncanny valley is wrong. Or rather, it is a result that appears due to the juxtaposition of robots with different goal criteria. Turns out, when you focus just on the devices which try to replicate both human likeness and emotional relate-ability (drop all the WALLe style cute but abstract ones), it's pretty linear based on how well that goal of emotional affect is achieved. ▶ this video
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