News Summary

• Clanker is an insult that punches at nothing, perhaps the least-effective slur in history.
• It's like the reclamation of queer or the N-word, only much, much sillier.
• Some A.I.
• enthusiasts argue that clanker really is a slur, in the sense that it tries to shame and dehumanize.
• Others argue that calling it a slur trivializes real oppression.
• Still, it might be tempting to dismiss the whole thing as a goofy internetburger.