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Wouldn't robots consider the words "robots" and "artificial" offensive?
fayelovesbubbles:
But if it's "non organic," what is it that you're really saying it is?
Undrneath:
Non organic would be anything that doesn't have some sort of DNA ie mechanical.
awgiedawgie:
"Non-organic" merely distinguishes something from that which is organic - e.g. humans. It does not carry the negative connotation of "real vs. fake". A car is non-organic. A rocket is non-organic. A fighter jet is non-organic. The dermal covering on an AI's chassis is non-organic. Those things are just as real as you or me. The only difference is their origin. "Synthetic" is not as bad as "artificial", but both words can be misinterpreted as "fake".
Bad Superman:
The roleplaying game Transhuman Space uses the term "Digital Mind" as a catch all for AIs and Ghosts (human mind uploads). Robotic bodies, be they human-like or fighter jets, are called "Cybershells".
Would those names be fitting here?
EDIT: Typo...
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: chilepepper0418 on 31 May 2018, 11:41 ---The origin of the word robot is "forced labor" in Czech. It was used to describe a low class of peasants that were forced to do menial labor under penalty.
--- End quote ---
Technically, the origin of the word Robot is from a science fiction story, Rossum's Universal Robots. While it's derived from a term for serf labor (actually a form of taxation for those who had no land, money, or produce to tax), it's actually an invented word because the author didn't like the sound of the word Labori (laborer).
Also, the connotations of the root word "Robota" are a bit broader than that, and in modern use it lacks the whole "forced labor" connotation. Instead, it's a general term for heavy or menial labor. In some slavic speaking countries, it merely means labor in general. So there is a definite difference between what it means and Slavery (also, it doesn't refer to an individual, but a practice, the act of labor, not the laborer themself).
And since we're talking about Robot in its original context, it might be more unsettling to the humans. You see, in the original story the Robots started out as laborers, but ultimately wiped out and replaced mankind (who themselves had already slipped into decline before the robots rebelled).
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