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The fictional theme of a robot uprising predates the first real-world robots. In fact, we get the name from that fiction, and the name robot literally means sl
by mr_toad 8y ago
The fictional theme of a robot uprising predates the first real-world robots. In fact, we get the name from that fiction, and the name robot literally means slave.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.
And there are plenty of examples of creatures turning against their masters in othe cultures; genies, golems and zombies are a few examples.
- CM30 8y agoThat's a good point. The theme of creatures turning against their masters long predates robots, and is a pretty common theme when you've got a work about artificial life being created.