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Lecture: 'Uncanny Valley' Is Not What You Think It Is

Name: Lecture: 'Uncanny Valley' Is Not What You Think It Is
Start: 2026-11-05T23:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-06T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

Thursday, November 5, 6:30 to 8pmFree

Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

1150 18th St NW, Washington, DCMap

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Historian of science Dr. Yulia Frumer reconsiders the 'uncanny valley,' the famous idea about human unease with near-human robots that originated in Japanese robotics. At the Japan Information & Culture Center, 1150 18th Street NW. Free.

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