peer reviewed · Journal of Science Communication
No Uncanny Valley Effect in Science-Telling AI Avatars
In plain English
Recent evidence that audiences accepted AI presenters without the discomfort the theory predicts, at least in a science communication setting.
uncanny valley
avatar presenters
science communication
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