So, the uncanny valley shouldn't be used as a way to distinguish between humans + nonhumans, but instead as a way to identify when normative, dehumanizing conceptions of humanness are at work, so we can challenge + expand what counts as human.

(I wrote about this in my book The Robotic Imaginary.)

So stacked! I'm still pinching myself.

Thank you!

Ana Teixeria Pinto, Tung-Hui Hu, @thaophan.bsky.social @djeanneh.bsky.social @patriciareed-am.bsky.social

Shaka McGlotten, Jian Neo Chen, Ho Rui An, Caroline A. Jones, Dalida Maria Benfield, Amy Sara Carroll, @rrdominguez.bsky.social @michacard.bsky.social @bicycleuser.bsky.social Astrida Neimanis, Stephanie Dinkins, madison moore, Homay King, Shu Lea Cheang, Matthew Fuller, Lucy Suchman,

@amajosephine.bsky.social @baharnoorizadeh.bsky.social Mahan Moalemi, Larissa Lai, Isadora Neves Marques, @ranjodhdhaliwal.com Jacob Gaboury, Luciana Parisi, Ashkan Sepahvand, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Luiza Prado de O. Martins, Ashley Ferro-Murray, Justin Talplacido Shoulder, Jennifer Gabrys,

@ritaraley.bsky.social @alothian.bsky.social Radha May (@elisagiardinapapa.bsky.social @nupurmathur.bsky.social @bathshebaokwenje.bsky.social) @leonhilton.bsky.social, Eva Hayward, Stefan Helmreich, Ollie Zhang, Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart, Kathy High, Lawrence Lek, Alex Galloway,

Congratulations, J.D.!!