At its heart, it’s a ridiculous image. A battle droid from “Star Wars” sits on the ground, clutching its aluminum knees (hinges?) to its chest. The droid doesn’t have a face, just that George ...

"We see so much of that polarity in our country right now, a term like this coming along at this time, seems in a sense, to fit, but it's a really negative fit at the same time." These concerns are ...

Debate over the song of the summer rages on, but if there were a contest for a word of the summer, one front-runner would surely be the onomatopoeic clanker. In recent weeks, clanker has risen to ...

A TikTok comedian has sparked debate after riffing on the viral term “clanker,” which in recent months has surfaced as an insult for robots, AI systems, and those who rely on them. The term, ...

You could be forgiven if you didn't know the meaning of every word the tweens and teens in your life are using. With terms like "skibidi," "6-7" and "41" becoming unavoidable for teachers and parents, ...

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Clanker. Wireback. Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.

In yet another unsurprising twist, social media users have found a new way to voice their disdain for AI and the tech industry’s obsession with automation — by reviving an old insult: clanker. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A robot using artificial intelligence is displayed at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good ...