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Stuff You Should Know

Is the Uncanny Valley Real?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.3

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House Stuff Works.com.

0:41.4

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:42.9

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there doing

0:47.1

the robot.

0:48.9

Which means this is Stuff You Should Know.

0:52.4

Robots Style.

0:54.8

I knew I'd get a laugh out of you soon really.

0:57.0

Did you do the robot?

0:58.6

Can you do the robot?

0:59.6

I think I've seen you do pretty bad robots.

1:02.0

I don't know about pretty bad robot.

1:05.0

I can do a pretty great robot.

1:06.5

I think that's what you've seen.

1:08.6

I can't do any of that stuff.

1:10.4

Yeah, I can't really either.

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