9.4 Questions About Controversy

Here are a series of questions regarding the uncanny valley:

WHO:

1. Who feels the most bothered about the valley?
2. Who is claiming the valley doesn't exist?
3. Who is claiming the valley does exist?
4. Who popularized the idea?
5. Who has the most to benefit from crossing the valley?

WHAT:

1. What aspect of human features is creating the most uncanny responses?
2. What technologies are emerging that is narrowing on the valley?
3. What is preventing fully realistic human analogues?
4. What are the applications of perfect human substitutes?
5. What is the ratio of people who believe vs. don't believe?

WHEN:

1. When did the valley become popular?
2. When did the valley become an issue in the industry?
3. When do we expect the issue to no longer affect us?
4. When do we expect to first cross the valley?
5. When did people start to doubt the valley?

WHERE:

1. Where did the term originate from?
2. Where is the problem a bigger issue: robotics or animation?
3. Where is research being done?
4. Where is a solution likely to originate from?
5. Where will post-valley humanoids be utilized first?

HOW:

1. How did the concept become popular despite no empirical data?
2. How did the originator of the idea come about his hypothesis?
3. How do we expect we'll overcome this dilemma?
4. How do skeptics plan to disprove the idea?
5. How do animators/roboticists plan to circumvent the valley?