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

On TikTok there are exceptional "testimonials" like Nikola Tesla or Marie Curie delivering short science-related messages that have garnered millions of views. This is just one of many examples where ...

“The Uncanny Valley,” a phrase coined by Masahiro Mori ... used in popular culture and advertising. The resulting images in this exhibition are intended to confront issues of simulation ...

Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are roiling the markets. On this week’s special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we break it ...

Robotics professor Masahiro Mori named this phenomenon the “uncanny valley” in 1970: Models that look like human faces but are a bit off bring fear and disgust to many observers. This effect ...

Wikipedia says “The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will risk eliciting cold, eerie feelings in viewers.” And yes, we have to admit that as incredible ...