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Too real for comfort? Uncanny responses to computer generated faces [PDF]
, 2014 As virtual humans approach photorealistic perfection, they risk making real humans uncomfortable. This intriguing phenomenon, known as the uncanny valley, is well known but not well understood.
Green, Robert D. +3 more
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Should Dermatologists Recommend Direct‐to‐Consumer App‐Based Remote Diagnostics? An Ethical Analysis
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Dermatology patients still face barriers in accessing timely specialist care. As direct‐to‐consumer (DTC) apps for remote dermatological diagnostics proliferate, guidance is lacking. While promising efficiency and efficacy, their clinical—and ethical—legitimacy is not yet well established.
Sonja Mathes +9 more
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Robot occupations affect the categorization border between human and robot faces
Scientific Reports, 2023 The Uncanny Valley hypothesis implies that people perceive a subjective border between human and robot faces. The robot–human border refers to the level of human-like features that distinguishes humans from robots.
Junyi Shen, Guyue Tang, Shinichi Koyama
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Overcoming the uncanny valley: Displays of emotions reduce the uncanniness of humanlike robots [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper we show empirically that highly humanlike robots make thoughts of death more accessible, leading to perceptions of uncanniness and eeriness of such robots. Rather than reducing the humanlikeness of robots, our research suggests the addition
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
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A Study on the Role of Affective Feedback in Robot-Assisted Learning
Sensors, 2023 In recent years, there have been many approaches to using robots to teach computer programming. In intelligent tutoring systems and computer-aided learning, there is also some research to show that affective feedback to the student increases learning ...
Gabriela Błażejowska +3 more
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IN PURSUIT OF THE HOFFMANNESQUE
German Life and Letters, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article seeks to elucidate the term ‘Hoffmannesque’ — the eponymous adjective that refers to E. T. A. Hoffmann — through recourse to Hoffmann's own use of ‘esque’ words: arabesque, grotesque, burlesque, picturesque. By investigating the characteristics of ‘esque’ formulations and tracing their recurrence through Hoffmann's texts, I argue ...
Polly Dickson
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 The uncanny valley theory proposed by Mori has been heavily investigated in the recent years by researchers from various fields. However, the videos and images used in these studies did not permit any human interaction with the uncanny objects. Therefore,
Jakub Aleksander Zlotowski +7 more
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A non-humanoid robot in the "uncanny valley": experimental analysis of the reaction to behavioral contingency in 2-3 year old children. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 Infants' sensitivity to social or behavioral contingency has been examined in the field of developmental psychology and behavioral sciences, mainly using a double video paradigm or a still face paradigm.
Kentaro Yamamoto +4 more
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Statistical Learning of Facial Expressions Improves Realism of Animated Avatar Faces
Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2021 A high realism of avatars is beneficial for virtual reality experiences such as avatar-mediated communication and embodiment. Previous work, however, suggested that the usage of realistic virtual faces can lead to unexpected and undesired effects ...
C. Martin Grewe +4 more
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