Uncanny Valley test for Psychopathy
Andre Willers
29 Mar 2013
Synopsis :
A psychopath , lacking empathy , will not react to the Uncanny
Valley , and cannot hide it from fMRI or even gaze tests .
Discussion :
1.Uncanny Valley :
“When human replicas look and act almost, but not
perfectly, like actual human beings, it can cause a response of revulsion among human observers”
2.A mirror-neuron system effect .
3.Empathy is a result of mirror-neuron complexes
.
4.Most of these are motor-driven , but empathy is
of a higher order – ie the results of motor actions .
5. Psychopaths lack empathy (by definition) .
They can and do mimic empathic actions (from motor responses)
6. But they cannot mimic the revulsion of the
Uncanny Valley .
7.This revulsion (or lack of it) can be measured
by :
7.1 fMRI
7.2
Subliminal flashes
7.3 Plain
rapid flashes , with measurement of gaze avoidance . Impossible to fake . (Like
deafness tests)
There are doubtlessly other , better tests .
8.Sociopathy :
In a psychopath , there will be no valley .
Simply flat .
In a sociopath , there will be a slight dip ,
much smaller than “normal” . More a spectrum type thing .
9. But what if someone is attracted to images in
the Uncanny Valley ?
In other words
, not a valley but a peak .
Given the perversity of animate matter , this is
a certainty .
The closest human words I can find is “humourist” or “cartoonist” . Resolution of
paradoxes .
The Uncanny Valley is seen as a paradox, and
humour is used to resolve it .
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson
. The Far Side . Also the near side , sideways side and n-dimensional side .
This test will have to be specially calibrated
for people like him .
A good cartoonist is sanely mad .
Just when I thought I was getting better
Andre
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