Learn more about how people perceive AI avatars on social media and how they could impact science communication.

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 ...

There’s something uncanny about ... we are with our own faces. When things are even just a little, tiny bit off, we notice. That’s the theory behind the “uncanny valley,” the idea that ...

The other message is that implementing human-like ‘thinking faces’ in androids enhances perceptions of ‘being in thought,’ genuineness, human-likeness, and appropriateness while reducing the uncanny ...