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"Robot" Is A Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not A Robot - Robot Girl Gang
robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/Replying to @THTR300@feddit.org
The podcast “Robot or Not” have been trying to decide whether various things are robots for over a decade now. I feel like they did do dishwashers at some point. www.theincomparable.com/robot/
The IncomparableRobot or Not?Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.
Have a question for John? Email robot@theincomparable.com.
Holy shit, John Siracusa is involved in that? That’s gonna be IN DEPTH
https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/212/
They talk more about the various ways to prep plates for a dishwasher and not the canonical question, but it’s clear that (by their definition) a dishwasher is not a robot.