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MangoToupe 3 days ago

Sorry? What do you mean? I can't answer your confusion if I don't understand it.

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mvdtnz 3 days ago | parent [-]

Are there people genuinely concerned about slurs against autocomplete computer programs?

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marcusb 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Apparently. See, for example, https://www.salon.com/2025/08/19/is-clanker-a-slur-anti-robo...

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Cthulhu_ 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Given people say please and thank you to voice assistants, sure. Or given that a subset of "rationalists" like Musk are afraid that the Machine God is inevitable and will kill those that didn't help make the Machine God a reality / elevate those that did, also sure. See "Roko's Basilisk"

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MangoToupe 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes. I find it disturbing that you'd rather pretend to be racist than be mad at actual humans who deserve it.

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akimbostrawman 3 days ago | parent [-]

Machines aren't a race. If anything its speciest.

	▲	jdiff 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Machines also aren't a species.