What is Uncanny Valley and why Human Look-Alikes Put Us on Edge

Have you ever been to Uncanny Valley? … Oh, wait a second, you don’t know where that is? … No, it’s not in Japan. And no, not Canada either. … Well, we’re messing with you a bit here. It’s actually not a place at all, in fact the uncanny valley phenomenon relates to a feeling. Have you ever felt strangely unsettled or disturbed when confronted with a poor CGI animation or a human-like robot? You’re not alone, this feeling is exactly what the Uncanny Valley theory is all about. In this video we discuss not only examples which invoke the Uncanny Valley effect but also try to understand exactly why we feel this way when faced by humanoids, digital or animatronic. Timecodes 00:00 - Inception 01:18 - The Spirits Within 03:28 - Love, Sex and Robots 07:28 - The Usual Suspects 11:28 - Children of Men Sumsub — empowering compliance and anti-fraud teams to fight money laundering, terrorist financing, and online fraud. More about us: #UncannyValley #sumsub #whatisuncannyvalley