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#AskMastodon Philosophical/anthropological question for anyone interested in #SocialJustice or #AIethics or anyone with a thought on it. (mstdn.social)
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@asklemmy #AskMastodon Philosophical/anthropological question for anyone interested in #SocialJustice or #AIethics or anyone with a thought on it.

Do you think the common association and clear similarities between the robot-pejorative term “clanker” and the n-word at all indicate that use of the term “clanker” ought to be avoided?

Disclaimer: I’m not a part of any historically oppressed people groups

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[–] 6 points 10 months ago

If so, perhaps the rabbit-pejorative term "bunny" should also be avoided for the same reasons as the dreaded n-word.

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    [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    Any word ending in "er" is an insult now?

    Enjoy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordfinder/classic/ends/all/-1/er/1

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago*

    No, but the way clanker has been adopted and expanded upon by the internet has made it into an analogue for the n word.

    The term was originally a pejoritive for battle droids in the Star Wars prequel films, and was then adopted by the anti-AI crowd.

    From there, it grew into 'clanka' (no hard R, just like the n word) jokes, and moved into other analogues like 'Jim Code laws', 'George Droid', and 'Rosa Sparks'.

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    • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    No. There are plenty of insults, and even normal adjectives, that end in -er.

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It's not wrong to call a clanker clanker.

    Ethics apply to humans foremost and shouldn't be considered towards an inanimate creature.

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    [–] [S] -1 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    #AskMastodon
    My concerns behind the question have nothing to do with worrying about being demeaning to AI or robots, but my thought is that the association between “clanker” and the n-word, and the common use of “clanker” in a lighthearted manner could imply (and possibly unintentionally support) blasé attitudes towards extremely harsh slurs in general

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