Robots - The Time a Czech Playwright Invented a Word and Accidentally Predicted the Future

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Robots - The Time a Czech Playwright Invented a Word and Accidentally Predicted the Future

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Join Olivia Harper as she traces how Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R. introduced the word "robot" and sparked a century of iconic fictional machines. From Metropolis to Wall-E, explore how Asimov's Three Laws, Marvin's melancholy, and movie androids shaped our relationship with artificial beings—revealing these stories were always really about us. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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