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"Robot" Is A Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not A Robot - Robot Girl Gang

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The most effective way to nerd snipe a roboticist is to present them with a controversial definition of a "robot"

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a device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks

Under this definition, a washing machine is a robot.

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