Uncanny Valley
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Uncanny Valley has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Diary Of A CEO (Dec 2025).
The uncanny valley effect is a hypothesized psychological and aesthetic relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will elicit uncanny or eerie feelings in viewers.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Diary Of A CEO |
| Field | Robotics, Psychology |
Who talks about Uncanny Valley on podcasts?
Steven Bartlett brought up Uncanny Valley; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Diary Of A CEO.
- An AI Expert Warning: 6 People Are (Quietly) Deciding Humanity’s Future! We Must Act Now! on The Diary Of A CEO (Dec 2025) — Steven Bartlett
What is Uncanny Valley mentioned alongside?
Uncanny Valley is most often mentioned alongside Stanford University, Dare to Dream and University of California, Berkeley.
Mentioned together: Stanford University, Dare to Dream, University of California, Berkeley, Joshua Bengio, International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, Oppenheimer, 1% Diary, Optimus, Geoffrey Hinton, Gorilla Problem