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I don't see why not.
by bigbillheck 3y ago
I don't see why not.
- junon 3y agoIs a car a robot to you? Is a hello world program? Curious where the line is.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoAre you still going to use the word software or compiler or do you plan on switching over to calling everything a robot? Is your coffee maker a robot too?
- chihuahua 3y agoA coffee maker is definitely a (simple) robot. It's a machine that performs a task, just like a welding robot in a car factory or a Roomba.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoIs a single assembly instruction a robot?
- worik 3y agoQuit pedantic, useless, nitpicking over a casual reference to "robot"
- CyberDildonics 3y agoIf people are going to start calling compilers robots, I want to know about it.
- InitialLastName 3y agoI have a manual wire-crimping tool that is a machine that performs a specific task. Is that a robot?
- bigbillheck 3y agoI'd be ok calling my coffee maker a robot. It's got a cpu and sensors, and is capable of limited manipulation of its environment (via a heating element). But to the main point, I read "robots" as a metaphor. Metaphors can be situational, jut because I might call a compiler a "robot" in one context doesn't mean I have to call them that every time. And it's not as if there isn't long-standing precedent for using "robot" to refer to a piece of software. Have you ever heard of a "robots.txt" file? People complaining about "bots" on various social media sites?