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  1. I just watched this video which, to me, makes complete sense as to what the Backrooms does: Creates uncanny valley simulacra of our lives.

    I've never read the philosopher (a major source for ideas of The Matrix series), but this brief essay makes a good argument:

    youtu.be/GAHfhMcHOAs

    When did Clark (Mary? Phil?) forget their original lives before Backrooms?

    #Backrooms #horror #movie #movies #film #cinema #supernatural #SciFi #ScienceFiction #liminal #simulation #simulacra #UncannyValley

  2. Developers of a realistic animation technique for macaques found that 8 macaques were as attentive to the animations as to real monkeys, but tweaking the animation's appearance engendered a U-shaped response--i.e., an uncanny valley like that which people perceive when something is realistic but a little 'off'.

    Summary: iflscience.com/monkeys-are-cre

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    #Science #AnimalBehavior #UncannyValley #Monkeys

  3. Creating lifelike #monkey avatars is challenging. This study presents MacAction, which animates a realistic macaque body #avatar from multi-camera markerless tracking data, revealing an #UncannyValley effect in macaque body perception @PLOSBiology plos.io/4yjivUB

  4. Hitler's bunker liberated, from the depths emerge rows of sedated blonde women clones, flawed attempts to create Aryan versions of the Barry Sisters. they wander the streets terrifying people with their uncanny, swaying bizarro attempts at Jewish music
    youtube.com/@ShalomKlezmer

    #AIslop #UncannyValley #klezmer

  5. This Ryan George video gave me insight about predictable insane useless slop so called generated videos are used for. Also content warning, not for faint stomach, altho Ryan tries to do comedy with this youtu.be/znSXgQi61hc?is=xPlM5L in nutshell it was, is and will be useless bullshit which will cease to exist moment money will move away from genAI #AIslop #humor #uncannyvalley