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In other news, the mainstream press has caught on to "clanker" (originally coined for use in the Star Wars franchise) getting heavy use, with Rolling Stone, Gizmondo and Axios putting out articles on it, and NPR featuring it in Word of the Week.
You want my take, I expect it will retain heavy usage going forward - as I've stated before (multiple times at least), AI is no longer viewed as a "value-neutral" tool/tech, but as an enemy of humanity, whose use expresses a contempt for humanity.
So question, anybody ever see this before in heavy usage? Or is this just some weird media thing?
I've seen it pick up lately, particularly in non-sneer-adjacent spaces, but it's definitely recent and I'm not sure how common it really was, which is a shame because I love it.
But was that before or after they wrote about it? (Doesnt really matter btw, just curious, slopper and clanker are pretty good)
I've never seen it used in real life, but I did see it occasionally on social media before these articles.
cue botlickers whining about "robot discrimination"