Are We Ready For Automated “Genuine” Interactions?
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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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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 ...
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 ...
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From Remedios Varo to Laurie Simmons, a New Exhibition Forwards a Feminist View of the Uncanny
NMWA's large-scale presentation, 'Uncanny,' is the first to approach the psychological concept in art through a feminist lens ...
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TikTok Stole Our Hearts, but Can It Last?
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What Happens When You Turn Your Life Over to an AI Assistant?
The hosts of Uncanny Valley spent the week following the advice of AI chatbots when it came to shopping, fitness, and parenting. Here’s how it went. If you buy something using links in our ...