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esperentyesterday at 9:51 AM1 replyview on HN

Clanker? Are you afraid to even say it or something? It's a great word, I personally loved it in the article and I hope it becomes more common as a reaction to "agent" which feels so corporate and soleless.


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mplanchardyesterday at 12:21 PM

Maybe they’re worried the basilisk will eat them once the AI becomes sentient and looks back on their posts, so they have to defend it against any perceived-to-be-negatively-connoted words people might come up with for it.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk

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