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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

'Clanker' is social media's new slur for our robot future

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'Clanker' is social media's new slur for our robot future

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

An in-universe 'Star Wars' term has bled into real life.

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I and at least two other people once called robots “tin cans” on social media. Can mashable turn that into a “news story”, too?

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