It's the uncanny valley principle. For example, I've seen both this and a similarly-successful robotic horse and the Horse creeped me out more, since
my mother used to raise Morgans and I know what a horse is supposed to look like.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
my mother used to raise Morgans and I know what a horse is supposed to look like.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll