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That's probably because the definition of `robot` is different in almost every dictionary. Cambridge defines it as: a machine controlled by a computer that is u
by m00x 4y ago
That's probably because the definition of `robot` is different in almost every dictionary. Cambridge defines it as:
a machine controlled by a computer that is used to perform jobs automatically
Others say it has to look human to be considered a robot.
- Spivak 4y agoThis is a misunderstanding of what dictionaries are for. They’re not authoritative sources of what words mean, they’re a record of all the different ways a word has been used. If people use the term robot to refer to assembly like machines then as far as the dictionary is concerned those are robots now. Someone who comes across a text and doesn’t know what the author is saying when they talk about robots used in manufacturing should be able to find that usage in a dictionary. And there’s no reason these two terms can’t coexist happily enough as robot (manufacturing) and robot (automaton).
- m00x 4y ago> This is a misunderstanding of what dictionaries are for. They’re not authoritative sources of what words mean, they’re a record of all the different ways a word has been used. Source?
- Spivak 4y ago"dictionary, n. and adj." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2022. Web. 20 January 2023.