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A new makeup trend that involves channeling the unsettling feelings sparked by lifelike robots has taken TikTok by storm. Uncanny valley defined: The "uncanny valley" refers to the unsettling sensation experienced when encountering a humanoid figure, be it artificial intelligence (AI) or a robot, that closely resembles a human but falls just short of being convincingly lifelike. First coined by roboticist Masahiro Mori, it describes the discomfort people feel when faced with entities that appear almost human but exhibit subtle, unnatural features.
Finally, a TikTok makeup trend that expresses the horrors of living in the year 2023. Creators are using makeup to invoke "uncanny valley," the uneasy feeling you get from a robot that looks a little too human.