Masahiro Mori’s principle of the uncanny Valley was developed in the 1970s this was the principle that people or in this case, robots could either be distinguished as being a human or being like a human. This idea is no different than the principles of race, gender or even sexuality. It's important to understand that in order to look into what distinguishes someone as a human in actuality or like a human there have to be lifelike characteristics. The robot for example could be lovable, up until a certain point. There is a point where the characteristics of the human being and robot are distinguishable, at that point the robot is no longer loveable. Bearing this in mind was hard for people to grasp, but as Maury developed these ideas in the system there would be people that would have to build upon his ideas and his principles. As long as the Uncanny Valley was developed and understood, the principal could no longer be limited to someone passing as a human or actually being a human. This could also be something to think about in terms of race, sexuality, and gender. For example, if someone were to say that they were African-American and male and or African-American and female, because of them being on the birth certificates and documents but then they are able to fly under the radar and say that they're white or Caucasian, or say they're a different gender, then the principal starts to have some broader implications.
Once these characteristics and distinctions are created and made, the principles of the Uncanny Valley are able to be put into practice, but only, if the implications are legitimately met. For example, class discussion suggested and showed that there were different cases of someone either passing to be someone or something, and actually being that someone or something which related to the ideas and principles of how robots can be viewed as normal to a certain point. The video of people's stories being depicted as either a male or female originally, and then, having to conform to the changes of their appearances, is staggering and even hard to observe. In one example, a woman had to wear certain outfits that made her look like a man. And others felt as though they were being ridiculed for being a female or having to change to being a female if they were male or changing to a male if they were female. Having this in mind doesn't always seem to work in everyone's favor, but it does work in some people's minds to get rid of the ridicule that they might feel. This can also be related to how people act and how they appear to act. If someone were to say that they were either nice or respectful, or even respectable but they didn't portray these sort of attributes, then there would be criticism and some sort of disconnect. There is a way to define the difference between what is actually nice, respectful, and respectable, and what appears to be nice, respectful and respectable.
It would not be a surprise to find that people say they are gender or race conforming. But, they tried to change the way that they perceive themselves and try to put on a mask, that doesn't look like them. Simply because that is not who they are. They just want to put on a facade. So that people can actually give them the respect and attention that they deserve, and that they want in society rather than having to get a look of disapproval. Even the robots that we had seen in class, and these images, the ways that they were depicted, looked scary at first, but as you looked closer, you could see that their dimensions were not as scary looking. Distinctions that were made in looking at these images and videos of these robots, were surprising, yet not difficult to look at from a close-up point of view. In short, the Uncanny Valley, and the differences in pretending to be something and actually being something are no different today than they were in the 1970s, which begs the question how can something be perceived in one way, when it is really another way.
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