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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by mvdtnz on Monday September 08, 2025 @05:14PM (#45174092)
Are there people genuinely concerned about slurs against autocomplete computer programs?
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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by marcusb on Monday September 08, 2025 @08:12PM (#45175810)
Apparently. See, for example, https://www.salon.com/2025/08/19/is-clanker-a-slur-anti-robo...
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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by MangoToupe on Monday September 08, 2025 @11:39PM (#45177131)
Yes. I find it disturbing that you'd rather pretend to be racist than be mad at actual humans who deserve it.
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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by akimbostrawman on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @07:46AM (#45180624)
Machines aren't a race. If anything its speciest.
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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by jdiff on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @04:40PM (#45188654)
Machines also aren't a species.
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Re:Clankers Die on Christmas by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @05:02AM (#45195109)
Given people say please and thank you to voice assistants, sure. Or given that a subset of "rationalists" like Musk are afraid that the Machine God is inevitable and will kill those that didn't help make the Machine God a reality / elevate those that did, also sure. See "Roko's Basilisk"
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