uncanny valley
noun [ U or S ] (also Uncanny Valley) uk/ʌnˌkæn.i ˈvæl.i/ us/ʌnˌkæn.i ˈvæl.i/
恐怖谷理论（也译作“诡异谷”，指人们看到机器人或者电脑制作的人类图片时可能产生的厌恶感）
used to refer to the unpleasant feeling that some people have when they see robots (= machines that can carry out actions automatically), or pictures of a human being created by a computer, that appear very similar to a living human
Uncanny valley describes a situation in which a machine looks so eerily "almost but not quite human" that it just creeps people out. “恐怖谷理论”指的是“几乎是但不完全是人类”的机器会让人感觉毛骨悚然。
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- The development of humanoid robots has been hampered by what some roboticists call the "uncanny valley".
- They're always trying to make humans on the screen look more realistic, and there's this phenomenon called the "uncanny valley" where it becomes a little creepy.
- We witnessed the impact of the Uncanny Valley at the movie theatres in 2004.
- The astonishing character animation suggests the uncanny valley might have been successfully crossed.