Domesticating the Uncanny Valley

By: Matthew Battles

In one version of an oft-repeated thought experiment, Douglas Hofstadter famously wondered if Albert Einstein’s brain (well, anyone’s brain, really) could be reformatted as a book, with each neuron represented by a page printed with […]

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Uncanny Valley Girls

By: Matthew Battles

The concept of the Uncanny Valley was proposed by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, author of Buddha in the Machine (in which Mori asserts that a robot can achieve enlightenment). Mori noted the revulsion many observers […]

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