Comments on: What the ‘Uncanny Valley’ Means for Robot Love and Sex

By: Sex Toys For Men

Sex Toys For Men — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:30:00 +0000

Wow state of the art technology!

By: Davecat

Davecat — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:12:00 +0000

Personally, I don’t give the whole ‘uncanny valley’ theory a tremendous amount of credence, as a lot of it is down to personal perception. While some people may be repulsed by less-than-lifelike movement and appearance, others let their minds fill in the blanks, as it were, and don’t have an issue with it. After all, as you’d said, love is blind.
I think when more Gynoids and Androids are visible in society, that’ll get people used to their appearance, and as the technology and aesthetics improve, mainstream society will become less and less averse to the idea of artificial humans.

Interestingly enough, David Hanson of Hanson Robotics, is quoted as saying, ‘The “uncanny valley” is a theory, but people treat it like science’. People’s perceptions towards humanoid robots may not be entirely promising now, but it’ll change.

By: Thomas Wendt

Thomas Wendt — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:55:00 +0000

I wonder to what extent the uncanny valley will become less of a valley once personal robots become more mainstream. Will they approach familiarity when they are everywhere, even if we can tell the difference between humans and robots?

By: Betterman

Betterman — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:11:00 +0000

i can’t wait. robots don’t get old and they don’t get fat. in the words of charlie sheen: BOOM! bring it.

By: Brilliantman

Brilliantman — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:46:00 +0000

Until I can’t tell the difference from a person a robot will be repulsive – how can I be attracted to a piece of machinery?