"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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A term that began as a meme to poke fun at artificial intelligence is now causing a stir. Gaillynn Clements, a linguistics ...

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.