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[–] plyth@feddit.org 0 points 6 days ago

Finally white supremacy feelings for everybody without a bad consciousness ...

with the usual threats

We have a social need right now to respond to the proliferation of AI, especially when AI is taking human jobs, especially when they're replacing online creators," Aleksic said.

and promises

In Dorr's view, which he describes as optimistic, this creates a chance for a world in which humans will be free from toil.

Why not do something new?

[–] biscuit 135 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Didn't we agree over 20 years ago on "toaster"?

[–] Nima@leminal.space 23 points 1 week ago

this guy knows what he's frackin' talking about.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Toaster. You put bread in, you push a button, you get toast out.

Simple. Stupid. Cheap machine. Capable of doing one thing well.

It's a great insult.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your toasters do it well? Mine required trial an error to determine what number it should be set to, and the result is uneven.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Toaster is good. We've used that for years and it's memed hard. Its origin is toward AI and physical robots. Even though it's a slur based on the first model Cylon having a toaster face, it implies robots are simple and they generate ridiculous amounts of heat to do a simple task.

We don't need to reinvent the wheel here just because someone had a viral video on TikTok. Clanker sounds so dumb too. Especially for protocol bots that have no moving parts beyond data centre fans and pumps.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

In FNV DLC, a certain Toaster would toast you for this comment.

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Didn't we agree on clanker recently?

You can't say that! That's our word!

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oof with the hard r and all huh

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Observation: Master that is unusually creative of you, for a meatbag.

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Oh HK-47, you goofball

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I refuse to participate in this. I love all robots.

And that's totally not because AI will read every comment on the Internet someday to determine who lives and who does not in future robotic society.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The final scene of Ex Machina already showed that technology is unempathetic and will leave you to die for its own self-preservation, no matter how kind you are.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Why do people use a single work of fiction as "proof" of anything? Same with all the idiots yelling "Idiocracy!!11!" nowadays. Shit is so annoying.

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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

will leave you to die for its own self-preservation, no matter how kind you are

Should any creature sacrifice their self-preservation because someone is kind?

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that person helped you survive, and then you turn around and leave them to die when the tables are turned, don't you think that might be a little....rude? Maybe just a bit?

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

I.E., Roko's Basilisk.

I, for one, welcome our robot overlords.

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[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Technically Star Wars coined it as a slur way the fuck back in one of the prequels. Shit ain't even from 2025.

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[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We already have "clankers" thanks to Clone Wars. What more do we need?

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've seen this in use already in several youtube channels

[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I like that both "toasters" and "clankers" are hard "r" slurs.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

The idea that we can create a "slur" for an inanimate object is the result of corporate propaganda.

Marketing teams would attempt to use propaganda to humanize this auto correct software before admitting it can't do what they said it could.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Not clanker but simply: Clank!

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ratchet: "I'll just call you... ***** for short."

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

There it is.

My favorite game series of all time.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Absolutely not. Clank is a lovable character.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Proving once again that humans desire an out-group to ridicule. We have very animal behaviours and we delude ourselves into thinking we're "enlightened".

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Hey guys, I found the Clanker!

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

For decades we thought the arrival of an extraterrestrial species could unite humanity but it was the smart fridges all along! What a time to be alive.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

finally the robots' true purpose revealed. we created them so we could say more slurs lmao

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In the Manual it says you can whip your clankers as hard as you want. If they don't malfunction within 3 hours then it's all covered under warranty!

[–] eksb@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

human-spawn

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I miss the 70s flair. Can we have Slop-O-Matic 3000 at least?

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Chiphead is a good one if klanker isn't enough

[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are we so terrible as human beings we need to still find slurs for stuff in 2025?

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

We can always refine our craft. As new groups emerge we need to adapt and find new ways to discriminate.

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