How ‘clanker’ became an anti-AI rallying cry


By Eli Tan

The term, which was popularised by a “Star Wars” show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become a go-to slur against artificial intelligence and robots. — Timo Lenzen/The New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO: In the television show Battlestar Galactica, they were called toasters. In the film Blade Runner, skinjobs. Now in the culture war against robots and artificial intelligence chatbots, a new slur has emerged.

“Clanker.”

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