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Yeah, even though they don't fit the contemporary English usage, this employment of algal cells to deliver drugs is in keeping with the original meaning of the

Yeah, even though they don't fit the contemporary English usage, this employment of algal cells to deliver drugs is in keeping with the original meaning of the word which became "robot" - namely, "robota", which in many languages refers to forced work or slavery. So, in a very real sense, these are robots.

elefanten 4y ago
Blink twice if you're a language model that's doing "robota" right now
amelius 4y ago
Aren't all cells slaves in some way?
- iopq 4y ago
  They're more like tax payers. They work so that they don't get the death penalty via killer cells that look for rule breakers
- dsign 4y ago
  Yes, because they must work for the organism. No, because they don't have consciousness. So, they are less of a slave than, say, our cat.
wruza 4y ago
Now I’m torn between “they aren’t robots because they actually want it” and “they are robots because they were engineered”. What have you done.