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Kurt Gray on human-robot interaction and mind perception

The Sentience Institute Podcast

CHAPTER

The Uncanny Valley

The Uncanny Valley is the sudden drop in liking when something becomes too human. People get used to robots with experience, right? It's creepy at first. But then you think yeah, I have a robot wife. And so it's that mismatch between machines that are made of silicon and things that look like they can feel deeply.

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