alt Hacker NewsThe origin of the word 'robot' is 'rabu', from slavic, meaning 'slave'. This is not an accident of history.
You have the mindset of Thomas Jefferson, worried about what the enslaved peoples might one day do with their freedoms while planning your 'visit' with a slave child that cannot say no.
It's vile, fix your heart or disappear.
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wolvoleo • today at 6:12 AM
I think you're taking the OP's funny comment way too seriously :)
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arduanika • today at 8:09 AM
Comparing machines to human slaves is false, confused, and tasteless, all at once. Get your priorities and your categories straight.
ta8903 • today at 6:16 AM
Would you be less mad if he used the word android instead, or is that also etymologically problematic?
How about "robota" meaning "work"? (Source: I'm Slavic)