minus-squareGenrawir@social.fossware.spacetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•AutomantonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIn case anyone is curious and lazy, the origin of the name is Czech (for forced labor, if Wikipedia is to believed) and not English. Karel Capek wrote a play where he coined the term, and the name stuck despite his robots being biological linkfedilink
In case anyone is curious and lazy, the origin of the name is Czech (for forced labor, if Wikipedia is to believed) and not English. Karel Capek wrote a play where he coined the term, and the name stuck despite his robots being biological