Comment on 'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 months agoThe simple explanation I’ve heard is that the uncanny valley protects us from diseases etc. by making us stay away from very sick or dead people. A bloated corpse is still human, so you need some part of your head to say “stay away from that thing”.
oatscoop@midwest.social 9 months ago
Or genetic defects.
“Something about that person is extremely off-putting. I do believe I’m not going have sex with them.”