i agree, sounds strange and like something that should have never caught on at all.
the moral argument of this being a derogatory term aside, it doesn't even seem to capture that well and sounds so out of place. another that comes to mind is "toasters" from Battlestar Gallactica. both terms to me just feel weird and "written".
Part of the charm maybe? It's like something you'd hear the characters in a schlocky sci-fi video game or movie say, and it's fun to bring that into real life.
seemed like a discussion point in this thread, didnt really care to engage with it, i think it was more about human desire to create a derogatory term to describe something they dislike more so than an accusation of being immoral by using the term. but again, wasnt something i was interested in engaging with much
It's mostly middle/high schoolers using the term. Get with the times grandpa...
Funny because it sounds so dated. And wrong since Ai doesn't use moving parts. I think slop is the better term.
> since Ai doesn't use moving parts
Optional / matter of time, plenty of homebrew projects that link a physical presence and text-to-speech with an LLM.
Clanker refers to the AI itself, slop is what it produces
Some of us are not nearly that easy to embarrass.
i agree, sounds strange and like something that should have never caught on at all. the moral argument of this being a derogatory term aside, it doesn't even seem to capture that well and sounds so out of place. another that comes to mind is "toasters" from Battlestar Gallactica. both terms to me just feel weird and "written".
>feel[s] weird and "written"
Part of the charm maybe? It's like something you'd hear the characters in a schlocky sci-fi video game or movie say, and it's fun to bring that into real life.
Moral? They're... programs
seemed like a discussion point in this thread, didnt really care to engage with it, i think it was more about human desire to create a derogatory term to describe something they dislike more so than an accusation of being immoral by using the term. but again, wasnt something i was interested in engaging with much
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You sound just like the adults complaining about the things us kids would say when we were young.
Kids these days calling each other "dude", what is the world coming to?
If only there was as much outrage against racial slurs.