The Paradoxes of Ultra-realism. The Uncanny Valley Hypothesis Reconsidered
This contribution reconstructs the case of the so-called uncanny valley, or precisely the dimension of eerie feeling that overcomes us before the robot when it too closely resembles the human. He explores its origins in the reflection of robotics and the most current studies with a neuroscientific and neuroaesthetic approach.
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Using photo editing to understand the impact of species aesthetics on support for conservation
Many threatened species suffer from a lack of conservation attention compared to others. Prioritisation of funding, research and conservation efforts seem to be driven by reasons beyond conservation need.
Meghan Shaw +4 more
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In this thesis, I posit a conception of a specific subset of the Uncanny Valley of the Mind sensation that I call Uncanny Logic. A notion that was inspired by a passage in Adam Greenfield’s book Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life detailing the experiences of discomfort by the spectators who witnessed the Go matches between Google ...
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Moral Uncanny Valley revisited - how human expectations of robot morality based on robot appearance moderate the perceived morality of robot decisions in high conflict moral dilemmas. [PDF]
Laakasuo M.
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The inversion effect on the cubic humanness-uncanniness relation in humanlike agents. [PDF]
Diel A, Sato W, Hsu CT, Minato T.
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Psychological mechanisms linking AI hallucinations to user trust and behavioral intentions toward AI-generated videos: an S-O-R perspective. [PDF]
Liu J, Sun Y, Xiao K.
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Examining the influence of the domestic social robot anthropomorphism on users' perceived affinity via intelligent design process: robot social presence as a mediator. [PDF]
Chen T, Cui T, Zhang Y, Xu Z, Jia Y.
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The role of prompt, voice, and personality factors in the acceptance and evaluation of AI-generated mindfulness exercises. [PDF]
Alexander D +3 more
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Human-like, Animal-like, or Object-like? The Impact of LLM-Based Virtual Doctor Avatar Design on User Emotion, Physiology, and Experience. [PDF]
Zhang H, Wang S, Peng R.
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