Uncanny Valley Quotes

“I looked around again, quickly left, quickly right. There was someone around me. Something. In the shop windows, faint and ghostly faces gazing out. Directly at me no matter which side of the empty space I looked upon. Once again the darkness and the impossible distance obstructed my ability to discern any detailed features, leaving me alone with only vague ideas of the inhuman human form.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“I speculated that perhaps they were just lonely. They were of course not lonely. They were focused and content. All three were clean shaven and had good skin, they wear shorts that were always crisp, they were in long term relationships with high functioning women with great hair, with whom they exercised and shared meals in great restaurants that required reservations.”
― Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley

“if personalised playlists were full of sad singers and song writers, I could only blame myself for getting algorithm depressed.”
― Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley

“I, Stereotype: Detained in the Uncanny Valley”
― Seo-Young Chu, Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

“A rippling murmur echoed through the grove behind her. Emeline turned to see people emerging from the shadows of the trees, gathering to cluster and stare. Clothed in leather and fine wool, delicate lace and soft silk, they held themselves with moonlit grace. Their eyes shone too bright and their shadows twisted behind them, hinting at other shapes.
They were... not quite human.
Remembering Tom's stories, Emeline knew this was the shiftling court.
I'm really here, she thought, resisting the urge to pinch herself. All the stories were true.”
― Kristen Ciccarelli, Edgewood

“Although Bob’s appearance seemed almost human, his movements were a little different and those who took notice fell into the `uncanny valley’ where they were suddenly shocked by the realization that Bob was a robot.”
― Peter Clifford Nichols, The Word of Bob: an AI Minecraft Villager