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Think about it, have YOU ever seen it? We've all seen videos, but no real life robots in the uncanny valley.

If it did exist it'd make an amazing art exhibit for starters.

If you've seen Ron Mueck work in real life you'll notice it's cool, but far different to the pictures.

2D has a way of evoking emotions that's not possible in 3D.

> Think about it, have YOU ever seen it?

Uh, yes? Hiroshi Ishiguro's creepy robot double in the original article, just for starters.

> We've all seen videos, but no real life robots in the uncanny valley.

Wait, what? Are you saying that a thing that looks creepy in videos is no indication that the same thing will look creepy in real life? I don't understand.

> Think about it, have YOU ever seen it? We've all seen videos, but no real life robots in the uncanny valley.

Isn't that kinda like saying:

Think about it, have YOU ever seen atomic bombs? We've all seen videos, but no real life atomic bombs. They're not real!

Nuclear reactions aren't a theory about human psychology. It would be really weird if nuclear reactions seemed to work when we filmed them but not in the reality. It doesn't seem that strange that people might feel differently about an object than a video of that object.

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