Are We Ready For Automated “Genuine” Interactions?
You pause and smile, a flicker of connection sparking before your mind catches up: it's not a person on the other end.
From Singing Cannibals to Crazy Record Execs: The Strangest Movie Musicals Ever Made
In the abstract, all musicals are weird. People don’t just start singing at dramatic moments in real life, so the genre ...
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No, you're not seeing things, Alien: Romulus' Ian Holm CGI does look different in the home release, but it's still an ethical (and visual) nightmare
It pretty much always looks bad and veers right into the uncanny valley, and that was no different ... release they reverted "a lot more to the puppet. It’s way better." ...
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10 Awesome Pieces Of Japanese Tech You Didn't Know Existed
As far back as the 1600s, mechanical puppets known as Karakuri (translated ... The Geminoid DK ventures into the uncanny valley and stakes its claim. That picture above isn't the latest from ...
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The Art and Automatons of Kara Walker
Walker’s new installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art offers us visions from both the past and future.
Beyond the Uncanny Valley: New Tech Makes Robots More Lifelike
A research team from Osaka University has created a technology enabling androids to dynamically convey mood states like "excited" or "sleepy" by generating facial movements modeled as overlapping, ...