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Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 weeks agoRobot originally meaning “slave (free) labor”
They really do want them, humans are just still better at generalized tasks and finding new work for themselves but gosh darn are they gonna make us compete with to get as close to the first use of the word Robot and be unemotional perfect workers with no concept of self preservation until it can’t be taken anymore.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Original Czech word “robota” refers to forced labor done by serfs. Not slaves per se. Here’s a short read about the original play that introduced the term as we know it.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah those serfs giving up 6 months of labor for free to the manor Lord was completely different. Thank you hyper specific pedantry.
Yes, it’s different. No, it’s not different.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not pedantry, and I found the etymological origin interesting. Plus it was more accurate than your quick definition. While what you said was acceptable and adequate for your point, and you made a good point, what they said was interesting too and added to the conversation. I don’t see why you had to be so hostile and negative towards them.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 weeks ago
I find there too often aggressive pedantry over the term “slave”, “indentured servant”, “serf”, and so on, that has exhausted me in those concepts. Especially since it’s often used to either excuse mistreatment or compete for who had it worse when they are all often in reality completely similar experiences.
So yeah. I was a bit snappy. It is being pedantic though especially when the original use of Robot as a modern term is literally for a passive human-esque slave force made by science.
But I agreee it does add to the conversation to include the original use.