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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English.
I'm Dan, and joining me today is Neil Heinell,
Hi Dan.
What's with the protective gear and helmet?
I'm just getting ready for the inevitable rise of the machines.
That's the takeover of the world by artificial intelligence,
or AI, which some people predict will happen.
Inevitable means cannot be avoided or stopped.
Rise of the machines, what do you mean?
It's our topic in this 6 Minute English.
We'll be talking about that, giving you six related pieces of vocabulary and, of course, our regular quiz question.
That's the first thing you've said that makes any sense.
What's the question?
The word robot, as we use it today, was first used in a 1920s Czech play, Rossum's Universal Robots.
But before this, what was its original meaning?
A, forced labour, B, metal man, or C, heartless thing.
I will go for A, forced labour.
We'll find out if you were right or not, later in the show.