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minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoRobot literally came from the Czech word “robota”, meaning slave.
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThis is a commonly repeated falsehood. “Robota” in Czech (and many slavic languages) means work. So it’s a worker at that.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoKinda. Robota means hard work, often with a feudal undertone. Which probably sometimes isn’t too far from slavery, but Czech has a separate word for that.
Robot literally came from the Czech word “robota”, meaning slave.
This is a commonly repeated falsehood. “Robota” in Czech (and many slavic languages) means work. So it’s a worker at that.
Kinda. Robota means hard work, often with a feudal undertone. Which probably sometimes isn’t too far from slavery, but Czech has a separate word for that.