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Sophia life-like robot by Hanson Robotics

Don't know what the uncanny valley feels like? Just watch this video and be absolutely disgusted! Look at Sophia here, a life-like humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics. I'm not trying to put this research down. Don't get me wrong, it's really cool. But the road to get to true realism (say, like in the movie Ex-Machina) is just so disturbing. Not only is her speech robotic, but her facial movements are so...unhumanlife. Yes, if you took a still, she looks humanlike, but the second she blinks, or moves her facial muscles, it's so very, very clear that this is a copy. Ugh, look at that final look she gives to the camera. So unnerving.

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