Friday 6th November 2009
11:34

Early origins for uncanny valley | BBC NEWS Human suspicion of realistic robots and avatars may have earlier origins than previously thought. The phenomenon, called the uncanny valley, describes the disquiet caused by synthetic people which almost, but not quite, match human expressiveness. Experiments with macaque monkeys show they too are suspicious of replicas that fall short of the real thing. The research suggests a deep-seated evolutionary origin for the reactions such artificial entities evoke. Macaques find fake monkeys creepy? I find the fuckers creepy! They’re creepy little bastards! Make less creepy avatars. They look like they want to eat my brains for fuck’s sake. Hire Disney before you give the poor buggers nightmares. Also: Macaque monkeys are a favourite among researchers because of their biological similarity to humans. Their social lives have enough in common with humans to make comparisons apt, said Dr Ghazanfar. Oh, do they look out for each other? Take turns watching the kids? Share their food in a group? Work together to ensure mutual survival? Hug each other when they’re feeling down? Macaques have a “despotic” social network that means monkeys that are physically frail, old or sick are excluded. Oh. Yeah. We’re cunts aren’t we. It’s ironic that people who don’t believe we evolved from monkeys are among those most against healthcare reform.

Early origins for uncanny valley | BBC NEWS

Human suspicion of realistic robots and avatars may have earlier origins than previously thought.

The phenomenon, called the uncanny valley, describes the disquiet caused by synthetic people which almost, but not quite, match human expressiveness.

Experiments with macaque monkeys show they too are suspicious of replicas that fall short of the real thing.

The research suggests a deep-seated evolutionary origin for the reactions such artificial entities evoke.

Macaques find fake monkeys creepy? I find the fuckers creepy! They’re creepy little bastards! Make less creepy avatars. They look like they want to eat my brains for fuck’s sake. Hire Disney before you give the poor buggers nightmares.

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Macaque monkeys are a favourite among researchers because of their biological similarity to humans. Their social lives have enough in common with humans to make comparisons apt, said Dr Ghazanfar.

Oh, do they look out for each other? Take turns watching the kids? Share their food in a group? Work together to ensure mutual survival? Hug each other when they’re feeling down?

Macaques have a “despotic” social network that means monkeys that are physically frail, old or sick are excluded.

Oh. Yeah. We’re cunts aren’t we. It’s ironic that people who don’t believe we evolved from monkeys are among those most against healthcare reform.

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  1. itsapinkbear reblogged this from crowth and added:
    The fake monkeys with cymbals are the creepiest.
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