The slur people are using against AI comes straight out of the “Star Wars” universe.
You know exhaustion over artificial intelligence has reached a pinnacle when people start coming up with slurs to talk about robots.
While there are a number of contenders for dissing AI (and people who slavishly make it a part of their everyday lives), so far, the pejorative front-runner is “clankers,” a term that’s straight out of the Star Wars universe.
If you’re not a Star Wars devotee, all you really have to know is that clanker is a slang term used to refer to semiconscious droids in the 2005 video game Republic Commando, and more pervasively in the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. (For example, in the TV show, Jek, a clone trooper, says “OK, AI Toys Are Coming Whether We Like It Or Not. Are Parents Ready?
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