Cats, a sung-through 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber fever dream based on a T.S. Eliot book of children’s poems about cats and sociology, is the latest musical to get the live-action treatment. It’s not the ...

The Uncanny Valley Explained - Why Robots, Dolls and Mannequins are Creepy The Uncanny Valley is a common unsettling, anxious, creepy feeling people experience when androids, robots, dolls, mannequins ...

In 1970, roboticist Masahiro Mori coined the term “uncanny valley” to explain how machines will suddenly and drastically creep a lot of people out as they become more humanlike. Eventually, as the ...

Even if we can’t “see them”, programs like ChatGPT's ability to emote like a human gives some people an eerie feeling. Scientists have a few theories on why this phenomenon happens. Humanoid robots ...

A new analysis of brain scans may explain why hyperrealistic androids and animated characters can be creepy. By measuring people’s neural activity as they viewed pictures of humans and robots, ...

As technology and AI continue to advance, pushing the boundaries of realism, it becomes crucial to understand where this phenomenon can have a negative impact. The term uncanny valley refers to the ...

Robots are already saving human lives, but we still don’t have to like them. Despite robots’ best efforts to please us, a lot of humans are still weirded out by lifelike artificial beings, though it’s ...

As we veer slightly back into the world of Tumblr-esque indie-sleaze glam, it likely comes as no surprise that the makeup looks to hit your "For You" page are starting to change. They're likely a bit ...