THE VIDEO SHELF · uncanny valley
The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong
This Place argues that the uncanny valley is a flawed concept, since 'human likeness' is too broad and the supporting evidence is cherry-picked. It proposes that the creepiness really comes from how animated characters and robots move.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a convincing counterargument to the widely repeated idea of the uncanny valley.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- This Place
- Topic
- uncanny valley
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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As a counterpoint, here's an amazing video making a convincing argument that "Uncanny Valley" isn't a thing: [VIDEO]
MikeLumos on Hacker News · 2021-01
In The “Uncanny Valley” and How Artists Have Explored ItSlightly off topic but there is an interesting argument to be made against the existence of 'Uncanny Valley' – [VIDEO] .
Errancer on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Disney Combines CGI with Neural Rendering to Tackle the ‘Uncanny Valley’
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