A new form of insecurity is emerging as AI outperforms human cognition, according to a commentary reflecting on philosopher Günther Anders' 1956 work 'The Obsolescence of the Human.' Anders predicted …
A 2025 Max Planck Institute for Human Development study analyzing 360,000 YouTube videos and 772,000 podcasts found that people began using AI-preferred words such as 'delve,' 'boast,' and 'meticulous…
Masahiro Mori's 1970 Uncanny Valley concept has been inverted by modern AI, leaving people on an 'Uncanny Precipice' where every mediated encounter—calls, emails, voices—feels potentially synthetic, e…
A new study published in PLOS Biology finds that macaques experience the uncanny valley effect, a phenomenon previously observed only in humans. Researchers in Germany and Belgium created lifelike mon…