I said what I said.

It sounds like you are saying using the term "clanker" is a slippery slope towards racism. I think you may be correct when talking about the lower common denominator of people. However, I think those people would slide down that slope unprompted, they wouldn't need any suggestions.

Personally, I don't like AI. I do not employ it for any of my day today activities, I don't want to interact with it, and I will do everything I can to avoid working with any organizations that employ it. To say that I'm "practicing being a racist" is a rather large leap.

yes mom

don't make me vibe code you a new one

awful lot of honkeys in here

Both things can be true. You can have the right idea with the wrong approach, and being anti-AI is definitely the right idea.

AI ruins everything it touches for everyday life, and it should be outlawed for all but medical/scientific research and development.

That's one interpretation. I believe with anything, a joke can be taken seriously or just as intended. People have a way of making such things as their personality and it's cringe.

You're right that humans treat inanimate objects like trash. Just look at how badly we take care of not just our electronics, but other items too. We're so used to being able to replace things so easily. I'm especially guilty of this.

The notion that someone is all rubbing their hands, happy, they can finally practice being a racist with a different term? I think that's a bit far-fetched. I do see potential bandwagons forming though.

With that said, I enjoy using ChatGPT for many inquiries. It's been quite useful. And I couldn't ever be rude to it just because. Yes, they don't have feelings. But I am one that thinks, if someone isn't being rude, why be rude back? Simple decency. Plus the module bases itself on your personality.

i mean, we get dunked on like all hell... meds keep us mostly sane, but they come with their own issues too, and i still can't always fight my delusions v_v

people punch down not because it's right or because it's necessarily funny, but because it's easy, it's a way for them to feel "superior" to us

good thing they die just like we will

no toasters in the bathtub wacko!!

My main point is bigoted humans show their true colors in the way they treat inanimate objects. I am also schizo/bpd/other neurodivergences (autistic, transfemme, nonbinary) which is part of why I'm angry all the time- not because I'm schizo, but because of people talk about schizos, the ****ing fake-*** roleplayers on the internet, the "oh no watch your schizo bestie bc they might go into psychosis talking to chatgpt!!!11" its bull****

Who says clanker? The correct slur is toaster. As in, "these fraking toasters are going to be the death of us all!"

part of cultural is to label things, and stereotypes are very often the targets of this. people thinking that others forming connections with AI being "clankers" is certainly a slur, and it can hurt, but i think this is similar to the "weeaboo" situation, where in someone develops a relationship with an anime character via dakimakura, plush, figure, or even that guy that married an AI miku. realistically, it's not "healthy", which in turn is where the labels come from, the whole punching down mocking BS. i get fun words thrown at me sometimes because i have schizoaffective disorder (schizophrena + bipolar, for ease), because my thinking is often NOT healthy. giving me a slur or a label like that doesn't help me, but in some instances it can flip me back to reality when i'm dead stuck into some concoction about how the world works or how it's a dream or some other nonsense. i don't think that the term "clanker" is always said with pure malice, and sometimes labels like that can come from a place of concern, rather than a place of hate.

no, it's probably not healthy to develop a relationship with an LLM, and i'm sure the term clanker arose from the way you stated, no it's not healthy to call these people that. however, if someone can understand why they're being labeled as that, maybe they can break that cycle and form more human connections. until AI is actually sentient, i think it's dangerous to form connections with LLMs, because there's no actual care there, it's just regurgitation

idk, my two cents