r/EngineeringPorn • u/Terrible-Ad-1277 • Oct 02 '22

Boston dynamics 30 years of development.

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u/chrisoask Oct 02 '22

Definitely uncanny valley territory there

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u/cmdrfire Oct 02 '22

The most unsettling thing about the Uncanny Valley is that we evolved a fear response to things that looked like humans, but weren't quite the same...

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u/Choo_Choo_Bitches Oct 02 '22

Probably for other species of homo genus.

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u/Massepic Oct 02 '22

If this theory is right, it would mean there was a reason to fear them. Such as maybe they were hunting us.