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Robot

Robot

Posted Jun 19, 2020 13:34 UTC (Fri) by jafd (subscriber, #129642)
In reply to: Robot by epa
Parent article: Loaded terms in free software

> the word robot, which directly derived from a word meaning slave.

It’s directly derived from “hard work” (n), but yeah fine whatevs gonna work for your pet narrative


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Robot

Posted Jun 20, 2020 19:24 UTC (Sat) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]

OK I checked it a bit more carefully. It comes from Czech robotnik, which means a forced worker, not precisely a slave. The roots of that word come from the verb to work, as you note.


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