Please watch the following video clips and answer the following questions for your Activity 3.
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Posts are due by 11:59 PM on Friday 2/23.
- “Realness” can occur on a continuum in human face recognition. If a face appears either not quite real or too real, it can appear creepy to us. What is the name of the particular “zone” where a human face or humanoid figure appears close to real but not quite real?
- Do you personally find animatronic and robotic faces creepy?
- Coulrophobia is the clinical term for an intense fear of clowns. Why do you think some people strongly react to clowns or other not-quite-human figures?
- In your opinion, will deepfake technology be able to cross the uncanny valley, and what are the implications if so?