In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok skit using the anti-AI slur “clanker.” Pretending to be a disapproving ...

Clanker. Wireback. Coguscker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.

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

At its heart, it’s a ridiculous image. A battle droid from “Star Wars” sits on the ground, clutching its aluminum knees (hinges?) to its chest. The droid doesn’t have a face, just that George ...

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In yet another unsurprising twist, social media users have found a new way to voice their disdain for AI and the tech industry’s obsession with automation — by reviving an old insult: clanker. This ...

Most parents would put a hard stop to anything derogatory and mean coming out of their kids’ mouths. But how do we handle it when the slur is aimed at robots? Yes, this is a real thing that’s ...

It’s a slur for the AI age. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. “Clanker,” a word that traces back to a Star Wars video game, has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A term that began as a meme to poke fun at artificial intelligence is now causing a stir. Gaillynn Clements, a linguistics ...

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 ...