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i'm as anti-LLM as they come but anybody using the word "clanker" is embarassing themselves
by taco_emoji 1y ago
i'm as anti-LLM as they come but anybody using the word "clanker" is embarassing themselves
- yoyohello13 1y agoIt's mostly middle/high schoolers using the term. Get with the times grandpa...
- hiccuphippo 1y agoFunny because it sounds so dated. And wrong since Ai doesn't use moving parts. I think slop is the better term.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoClanker refers to the AI itself, slop is what it produces
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago> 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.
- sidrag22 1y agoi 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".
- Dilettante_ 1y ago>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.
- curtisblaine 1y agoMoral? They're... programs
- sidrag22 1y agoseemed 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
- curtisblaine 1y ago> human desire to create a derogatory term to describe something they dislike Isn't it...expected, calling something you don't like in a derogatory way?
- recursive 1y agoSome of us are not nearly that easy to embarrass.
- nancyminusone 1y agoYou sound just like the adults complaining about the things us kids would say when we were young.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoKids these days calling each other "dude", what is the world coming to? If only there was as much outrage against racial slurs.