The Age of Uncanny Humanhood In recent months, I've found myself scrolling through Instagram, pausing when encountering two familiar faces: John Travolta's and Carla Bruni's.
Yet, they seemed off – a subtle hint of cosmetic enhancements that set my mind racing with unease. It was as if I were gazing upon people who had become approximations of themselves.
The concept of the "uncanny valley" has been around since Japanese robotics professor Masahiro Mori first described it in 1970.