uncanny

But it has an uncanny talent for being charming.

But that appears to be changing with the likes of Optimus and sleeker droids which edge us closer to living in an uncanny valley.

Mr. Michaels is perhaps best known for the uncanny ability to turn out a 90-minute live weekly show in just over five days, with final changes often made minutes before or even during the broadcast.

The shiny-faced, spaced-out humans of 2024 have ceded their place to an expanded host of critters, letting Coke dodge the “uncanny valley” where nearly real simulations of people wind up unsettling viewers.

Ghosting is uncanny not only because it deprives us of certain codified social rituals for disentangling our relationships.