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	iFreilicht 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative... It's basically a derogatory term for AI. I've seen it used the same way a slur would be used to berate a person.
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kdkdiwkdiwzjj 8 days ago [–]

Got that from context; I’m just baffled, really. Seeing people call AI “clankers” is like watching a third grader call another “poopy head”. It’s just depressingly infantile.

arvid-lind 7 days ago | [–]

It's a reference from Star Wars if you really don't know. People say things they hear, I don't know what else to tell you.

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