Patented: History of Inventions cover image

Robots

Patented: History of Inventions

00:00

The Uncanny Valley

The uncanny valley is an idea of how we perceive things that aren't human, but look a bit like human. There 's an interesting graft which describes our reaction to them, one from excitement to kind of revulsion. The term comes out of a paper written by masser hero morey in the 19 seventies. And particularly, i think, where we've had more c gi characters in films, some of those, it's very subjective. It hits people at different levels.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app