Call it the Great Convergence of Creepiness. The first bit, the uncanny valley, we’re all familiar with by now: If a humanoid robot looks realistic but not quite realistic enough, it freaks us out. So ...

At first glance, Breakthrough Intelligence via Neural Architecture 48 – BINA48 for short – could be mistaken for human. Of course, the Frubber (patented flesh rubber) for skin and the lack of a torso ...

A new analysis of brain scans may explain why hyperrealistic androids and animated characters can be creepy. By measuring people’s neural activity as they viewed pictures of humans and robots, ...

On the surface, creating humanoid robots makes a lot of sense. After all, we look at ourselves so much that interacting with something that has a similar appearance should be easier to accept into our ...