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Waymo turns out to be using remote operators from the Phillipines (futurism.com)

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Always had a suspicion, but its nice to know that you can just generally assume the worst about a technology these days.

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[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 48 points 4 days ago

Seems like a fun time to share one of my favorite etymolgies

robot(n.)

1923, "mechanical person," also "person whose work or activities are entirely mechanical," from the English translation of the 1920 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots") by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik "forced worker," from robota "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery,"

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