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Why the Uncanny Valley Doesn't Really Matter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the says-you-dude dept.

malachiorion writes "Are humanoid bots and CGI characters still crawling their way out of the Uncanny Valley? Maybe, but maybe it doesn't matter. Here's a cold, hard look at a popular robotics theory that might have no legs to stand on, android or otherwise. It's everything that seems wrong and irrelevant about the Uncanny Valley that I wasn't able to fit into this month's Popular Mechanics cover story on social bots."

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  1. Re:Dogs hate cats. Dolphins hate sharks. by Kemanorel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    More importantly, will the sharks and dolphins work together once they have frickin' laser beams?

    I, for one, welcome our new technologically advanced aquatic overlords. (pssst... Head for the hills!)

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    Mess not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
  2. Re:Dogs hate cats. Dolphins hate sharks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    With or without laser beams?