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Clanker! This slur against robots is all over the internet – but is it offensive?

Media | The Guardian · Guardian Staff · last updated

The term is used to insult AI chatbots and platforms like ChatGPT for making up information and generating ‘slop’. Some believe we should stop using it, pronto

Name: Clanker.

Age: 20 years old.

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