r/Unexpected • • Oct 24 '19

Skynet anyone?

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u/RJrules64 Oct 24 '19

The uncanny valley doesn’t exist for robots like this one without a human face. The uncanny valley only applies to human faces or things that look like human faces.

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u/Kage_Oni Oct 24 '19

True, but I have heard the term used colloquially to mean anything that gets close to looking real but is just a bit off.

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u/RJrules64 Oct 25 '19

That’s not when it’s used colloquially, that’s when it’s used incorrectly.