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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.56,0:00:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mysteries of vernacular:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.17,0:00:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Robot,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.82,0:00:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a machine capable of carrying out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.66,0:00:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a programmable series of actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.79,0:00:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The origin of the word robot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.04,0:00:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dates back more than a thousand years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.68,0:00:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the era of serfdom in central Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.88,0:00:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when servitude was the currency for rent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.22,0:00:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.23,0:00:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Old Church Slavonic word rabota
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.16,0:00:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,described the forced labor of the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.18,0:00:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A slight adjustment of spelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rabota became the Czech robota,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.84,0:00:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, in addition to defining the toil of the serfs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.37,0:00:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also used figuratively
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.33,0:00:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe any kind of hard work or drudgery.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.10,0:00:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek published
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.12,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a science fiction play called "R.U.R.",
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,short for "Rossum's Universal Robots."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.25,0:01:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story featured automated machines
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with distinctly human features
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.08,0:01:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, until they revolt,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.75,0:01:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,catered to the whims of the people of Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.09,0:01:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capek originally considered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.85,0:01:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling these hard-working machines labori
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.76,0:01:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Latin word for labor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.70,0:01:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he worried it sounded a bit too scholarly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.62,0:01:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He opted, instead, to emphasize their enslaved state
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.15,0:01:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by naming them roboti,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.58,0:01:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or robot in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.11,0:01:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"R.U.R." was wildly successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it was translated into English in 1923,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.91,0:01:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word robot was enthusiastically embraced.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.84,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though most of today's robots look
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.94,0:01:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite different than Capek imagined,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.63,0:01:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've become just as popular as he predicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.16,0:01:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike in "R.U.R.", though,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our robots haven't risen up against us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.81,0:02:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's hoping it stays that way!