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 ...

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And it spent a lot of time repeating my points back to me in an agreeable fashion — like it was practicing ... too. It’s uncanny enough having a complex text conversation with something ...