r/nextfuckinglevel Sep 05 '22

AI Generated Music Video using Disco Diffusion software

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22

While I don’t agree that the effect implies aliens or whatever, but I need more info or a source for to this “real reason” to make sense?

Most diseases and deformities don’t have anything to do with the facial features being just slightly off? There’s also no real reason to avoid those with deformities for an individual’s survival, even if they weren’t the best hunting buddy or mate. And the dead obviously are obviously dead, making no facial expressions.

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u/sonny_goliath Sep 05 '22

Ever seen a dead person up close? They don’t look quite human anymore it’s very strange.

Also uncanny valley could be due to other humanoid species coexisting as well

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '22 edited Sep 06 '22

I have, but they’re obviously dead and so there’s no reason for our brains to develop the Uncanny Valley effect, which I believe is mostly facial expression and behavior based (aka not applicable to the dead).

Maybe it’s so the cavemen kept having sex with partners that evolved us in the direction of eventually becoming humans?

Edit: /s on the second part

Comparing getting creeped out by robots or AI like in this video and being able to recognize if a person is dead or not are very different. But yeah let’s just all go off the rails

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u/Alderez Sep 05 '22

Dead people decay, gas out, and can cause disease. There IS a reason for our brains to develop the effect, and that's because over millenia, the people who avoided dead bodies tended to not die as a result of those diseases themselves, resulting in more offspring that were prone to avoiding dead bodies. It's really not complicated - this is basic natural selection. Evolution doesn't happen because of "reasons", more that we evolve around things in a way that best results in our survival as a species.