In Sue Short's book on Cyborg Cinema, she progresses by discussing the Cyborg as a worker. The word "robot" is derived from the Czech word "robota" which means "enforced labor." In turn, Aristotle referred to slaves as "living tools". It is easy to see then how the parallel is made between robots as tools and human labor.
[...] Food for Moloch: The Cyborg as worker In Sue Short's book on Cyborg Cinema, she progresses by discussing the Cyborg as a worker. The word is derived from the Czech word which means “enforced labor.” In turn, Aristotle referred to slaves as “living tools”. It is easy to see then how the parallel is made between robots as tools and human labor. Cyborg film, according to Short is often a statement on class and economic conditions and the strife between communism and capitalism. [...]
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