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The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong

This Place · explainer · Watch on YouTube

RoboticsAnimation & visual effectsPsychology & human behavior

What it is

This Place argues that the uncanny valley is a flawed concept, since 'human likeness' is too broad and the supporting evidence is cherry-picked. It proposes that the creepiness really comes from how animated characters and robots move.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a convincing counterargument to the widely repeated idea of the uncanny valley.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “here's an amazing video making a convincing argument that "Uncanny Valley" isn't a thing”

    Convincing argument that the uncanny valley is not real.

    MikeLumos, 2021-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The “Uncanny Valley” and How Artists Have Explored It”

  2. “there is an interesting argument to be made against the existence of 'Uncanny Valley'”

    Argues against the existence of the uncanny valley.

    Errancer, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Disney Combines CGI with Neural Rendering to Tackle the ‘Uncanny Valley’”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: uncanny valley, robotics, animation, human likeness, perception

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