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You’re Not “Anti-AI.” You’re Practicing Being a Racist.
Link: https://medium.com/@femcelbassmentdw...t-adc028033a24
Excerpt:
The second “clanker” became the trendy little buzzword for “AI thing I don’t like,” people started acting like they’d been waiting their whole lives to rehearse the vibe of “we don’t serve your kind” again — only this time with a Star Wars word taped over the front like it’s a Halloween costume for your conscience. And then, like clockwork, the mask slipped.
Because here’s the part everyone pretending it’s “just memes” is missing: a slur isn’t primarily about the target. It’s about the user. It’s a social tool. A shortcut. A group-making spell. You say it to build an “us,” invent a “them,” and give yourself permission to feel righteous while you’re being cruel.
And yeah, I know: robots don’t have feelings. ChatGPT isn’t crying into its circuitry because someone called it a clanker.
Cool. That’s not the point.
The point is what it does to humans when we normalize slur-thinking again. Especially when the “safe” target is a fake group we can project onto — robots, AI, “the machines” — and the real target is sitting right behind the curtain, waiting for the moment the joke becomes an excuse.
And spoiler: that moment arrived immediately.
Excerpt:
The second “clanker” became the trendy little buzzword for “AI thing I don’t like,” people started acting like they’d been waiting their whole lives to rehearse the vibe of “we don’t serve your kind” again — only this time with a Star Wars word taped over the front like it’s a Halloween costume for your conscience. And then, like clockwork, the mask slipped.
Because here’s the part everyone pretending it’s “just memes” is missing: a slur isn’t primarily about the target. It’s about the user. It’s a social tool. A shortcut. A group-making spell. You say it to build an “us,” invent a “them,” and give yourself permission to feel righteous while you’re being cruel.
And yeah, I know: robots don’t have feelings. ChatGPT isn’t crying into its circuitry because someone called it a clanker.
Cool. That’s not the point.
The point is what it does to humans when we normalize slur-thinking again. Especially when the “safe” target is a fake group we can project onto — robots, AI, “the machines” — and the real target is sitting right behind the curtain, waiting for the moment the joke becomes an excuse.
And spoiler: that moment arrived immediately.
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