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perception
You prefer a slightly broken robot over a near-perfect one.
Masahiro Mori proposed in 1970 that affinity for humanoid objects drops sharply just before they become indistinguishable from humans.
When a robot looks almost human, small imperfections create a feeling of unease. Your brain struggles to categorize the object, leading to a sense of repulsion. This uncanny valley suggests your social brain expects high-fidelity social cues from anything that resembles a human.
The closer it gets to human, the more sensitive you become to its flaws.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Masahiro Mori (1970), Energy
- What the check found
- The claim accurately characterizes the central premise of Mori's 1970 paper, even though the specific wording is not present in the provided reference material.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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