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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 mewsenews · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are sharks and dolphins friendly after becoming acquained in a controlled environment? I'll leave that as an experiment up to the user.

    you owe me 11 replacement dolphins