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Why calling bots "clankers" is all the rage
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:10:56
Publish Date: 2025-09-16 04:10:00
Description:

Memes and videos mocking AI and robots as "clankers" are having a moment. It's funny, but also reveals our anxiety about tech made to seem increasingly human, not to serve us, but to make a profit, says journalist Clive Thompson, author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World. 
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