Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?

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🗓️ 25 March 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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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. Learn all about it with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar.
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0:35.6	the most incredible hearts and minds on the planet.
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1:01.3	Hey everybody, in this week's Select, it's Josh by the way.
1:05.8	We take a look at the uncanny valley, a theoretical phenomenon where robots give us the creeps
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