Premate is a slang term used in multiplayer gaming communities, which is a corruption of the word premade. It refers to a group of players who have organized and formed a team before joining a game or match. This term is often used in online games such as MOBAs (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) or first-person shooters.
Uncanny valley
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First theorized by Japanese [roboticist] [Masahiro] [Mori] in 1970, the Uncanny Valley basically states that the closer a robot or other nonhuman entity gets to resembling a human, the more humans will like and empathize with it.
However, there is a point in development where humans instead become strongly repulsed by the barely-human robot/entity. Fortunately, this effect fades as the robot/entity becomes less distinguishable from a human.
Although [hotly] debated, the theory is present in many sci-fi movies and the like, and has been used to explain peoples reactions to some computer generated characters.
Uncanny valley meaning & definition 1 of Uncanny valley.
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used to refer to the unpleasant feeling that some people have when they see robots (= machines that can carry out actions automatically) , or pictures of a human being created by a computer, that appear very similar to a living human:
Uncanny valley meaning & definition 2 of Uncanny valley.