Robots and Science Fiction
The debate about whether or not worker machines should replace people is very old. Over 75 years ago, in 1920, a Czech playwright named Karel Capek wrote a play that explored this very issue.
The play, called R.U.R: Rossum's Universal Robots, is considered one of the very earliest works of Science Fiction. It is also famous for another reason: it is from this play we get the word "robot," which comes from the Czech word "robota." In the Czech language, robota literally means "forced work or labor."
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