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"Uncanny," at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, mines the anxious terrain of flesh, robots and off-kilter realism.
The uncanny valley describes a human reaction to humanoid avatars (digital or robotic): when they look hyper-realistic but not quite perfect, they may evoke strong discomfort, while more stylized ...
and colleagues wondered if receiving scientific information from these AI avatars would not only invoke the uncanny valley but also make people less likely to trust the science information that was ...
They won't even realize they're being conquered until it's too late! Be sure to check out the preview of Uncanny X-Men #12 and grab your copy when it hits stores on Wednesday, March 26th.
(We like humanoid objects up to a point, but when they cross a threshold of realism without actually being real, we find them repulsive.) But the notion of the uncanny dates back farther than that ...