Developed by Hanson Robotics, “Sophia” is considered to be the most advanced humanoid robot ever created. With her human-like appearance and her astonishing imitations of natural facial expressions ...

Jason Kottke has a fascinating entry today at his Kottke.org entitled “Approaching the Uncanny Valley from the Other Direction.” In case you haven’t heard about the “uncanny valley,” it’s a term ...

Are humans doomed to find humanoid robots creepy? The widely-accepted “uncanny valley” hypothesis proposes just that. But when Popular Mechanics did an investigative report on this influential theory, ...

Today's roboticists swear by Masahiro Mori's "uncanny valley" essay about creepy human imperfections that was published in an obscure Japanese journal called Energy more than 40 years ago. But the ...

A simple interface, an ephemeral moment, a constrained set of tools, a curated version of life, the rise of cameraphones — these were catalysts for Instagram’s success. But there is also, and I’m ...

You don't need anyone to explain why you should be afraid of a homicidal maniac with an ax, but that unease you get from the face with the rigid smile or from lookalike children? That creepy feeling ...