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Since Czech playwright Karel Capek popularized the term ("robota" means "forced labor" in Czech) in 1921, we have imagined what robots could do.
FORBES: The Robots Are Coming!
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Like the first edition of "Rossum's Universal Robots, " a 1920 play by Czech writer Karel Capek that is credited with bringing the word "robot" to the world.
FORBES: Cyber Treasures For Sale
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That worry takes on a particularly intense form when the machines come with a human face: Capek's play that gave robots their name depicted a world in which they initially brought lots of benefits but eventually led to mass unemployment and discontent.
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter