Think of something that has been wound up and let go. Once it starts, it runs the same steps in the same order, and nobody is standing there deciding what comes next. The interesting part is not the movement itself but the missing hand: no one is steering. Everything this word covers keeps that shape — the steps are fixed, and the choosing has been taken out.
可以想成一個上好發條、然後被放開的東西。一旦開始，它就照同樣的順序走同樣的步驟，旁邊沒有人在決定下一步。真正的重點不是「會動」，而是「少了一隻手」——沒有人在操控。這個字的每個用法都保留這個形狀：步驟是固定的，選擇被拿掉了。
From the word’s history
From Ancient Greek autómaton, the neuter of autómatos 'self-moving, self-willed'; a doublet of automat.
來自古希臘文 autómaton，是 autómatos（自己會動、自己有意志的）的中性形；和 automat 同源。
Wiktionary 'automaton' etymology, supplied in the evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:379110097)
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