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Technically, robots are slaves. But is that wrong? Phones production is made by robots snd only assisted by humans.

by ommunist 11y ago

dudul 11y ago
Robot actually means "slave" in Czech language.
- stonogo 11y ago
  No it doesn't. That's "otrok". "Robot" is derived from the Polish for "chore".
  - dudul 11y ago
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/where-does-the-word-robot-come-from/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/where-does-t... "Josef suggested ‘roboti’, which gave rise to the English ‘robot’. ‘Roboti’ derives from the Old Church Slavanic ‘rabota’, meaning ‘servitude’, which in turn comes from ‘rabu’, meaning ‘slave’."
    - pvg 11y ago
      It still doesn't mean 'slave' in Czech, even if it is related.
      - dudul 11y ago
        Ok I guess I should have said that its root comes from the ancient word for "slave".
- ommunist 11y ago
  No. Thy the term itself was invented by Czech author Chapek, it has no that meaning.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  And hey, the english word "slave" comes from the ethnic group that gave us the Czechs, but I don't think that says much about modern Czechs or modern slaves.
  - schoen 11y ago
    Amazingly, also cognate with "ciao" (via Italian "schiavo"). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#Etymology_3 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#Etymology_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao#Etymology
beat 11y ago
Robots are not slaves, because they are not living beings, and do not possess consciousness or free will. It's not that complicated.
- ommunist 11y ago
  Ehm... Slaves do not possess free will. That is why they are slaves.
  - beat 11y ago
    Slaves possess free will. They do not possess freedom.
    - ommunist 11y ago
      And why do not they enjoy freedom? Because they do not have enough free will to fight for it. Read Harriet Beecher Stowe classics on psychology of slavery. Hence, if you not command yourself, you subdue to the other. No one forcibly keeps those guys and gals at factories.
- ommunist 11y ago
  If robots are programmed to create other robots and are programmed to avoid harm and attune to find resources - they are conscious and have free will. Define consciousness and free will.
  - drdeca 11y ago
    Consciousness is the internal subjective experience that one has.

Technically, robots are slaves. But is that wrong? Phones production is made by robots snd only assisted by humans.

dudul 11y ago

Robot actually means "slave" in Czech language.

stonogo 11y ago
No it doesn't. That's "otrok". "Robot" is derived from the Polish for "chore".
- dudul 11y ago
  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/where-does-the-word-robot-come-from/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/where-does-t... "Josef suggested ‘roboti’, which gave rise to the English ‘robot’. ‘Roboti’ derives from the Old Church Slavanic ‘rabota’, meaning ‘servitude’, which in turn comes from ‘rabu’, meaning ‘slave’."
  - pvg 11y ago
    It still doesn't mean 'slave' in Czech, even if it is related.
    - dudul 11y ago
      Ok I guess I should have said that its root comes from the ancient word for "slave".
ommunist 11y ago
No. Thy the term itself was invented by Czech author Chapek, it has no that meaning.
thaumasiotes 11y ago
And hey, the english word "slave" comes from the ethnic group that gave us the Czechs, but I don't think that says much about modern Czechs or modern slaves.
- schoen 11y ago
  Amazingly, also cognate with "ciao" (via Italian "schiavo"). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#Etymology_3 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ciao#Etymology_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao#Etymology

beat 11y ago

Robots are not slaves, because they are not living beings, and do not possess consciousness or free will. It's not that complicated.

ommunist 11y ago
Ehm... Slaves do not possess free will. That is why they are slaves.
- beat 11y ago
  Slaves possess free will. They do not possess freedom.
  - ommunist 11y ago
    And why do not they enjoy freedom? Because they do not have enough free will to fight for it. Read Harriet Beecher Stowe classics on psychology of slavery. Hence, if you not command yourself, you subdue to the other. No one forcibly keeps those guys and gals at factories.
ommunist 11y ago
If robots are programmed to create other robots and are programmed to avoid harm and attune to find resources - they are conscious and have free will. Define consciousness and free will.
- drdeca 11y ago
  Consciousness is the internal subjective experience that one has.