Rachele Benjamin's guest appearances

Rachele Benjamin

Brain Buzz

Chris Davis

Matt Smith

Edward Slingerland

Eric Helms

Steffanie Strathdee

Tom Griffiths

Athena Aktipis

Graham Thornicroft

Chris Barry

John Petrocelli

Cheryl Harasymchuk

David Shiffman

Ashley Randall

Jessica Maxwell

Eric Landrum

OwlTail

In Episode 12 we are joined by Rachele Benjamin from the Culture &amp; Self Lab at the University of British Columbia. We discuss what uncertainty is and why it makes us feel uncomfortable. Rachele shares with us what the uncanny valley is and why it makes robots so spooky. Why are humanlike things distressing? What is the uncanny valley? How do you avoid a brain-freeze? All this and much more in Uncertainty, Spooky Robots, and the Uncanny Valley with Rachele Benjamin!

<p>In Episode 12 we are joined by Rachele Benjamin from the Culture &amp; Self Lab at the University of British Columbia. We discuss what uncertainty is and why it makes us feel uncomfortable. Rachele shares with us what the uncanny valley is and why it makes robots so spooky. Why are humanlike things distressing? What is the uncanny valley? How do you avoid a brain-freeze? All this and much more in Uncertainty, Spooky Robots, and the Uncanny Valley with Rachele Benjamin!</p>

Uncertainty, Spooky Robots, and the Uncanny Valley with Rachele Benjamin