00:00AI haters are going viral for cursing out robots with the term Clanker, an insult that comes
00:04directly from Star Wars. Clanker was coined in the 2005 video game Star Wars, Republic Commando,
00:09where the character Delta-07 can be heard yelling,
00:12The term became a joke in the Star Wars fandom and started inspiring memes in 2013.
00:18The best Clanker is a dead Clanker.
00:20The whole thing started around June 20th, 2025, when memes using the term started popping up on TikTok.
00:25This word is a really fascinating example of that. It's a slur. It is something that people are using very much as a slur.
00:32Is the Clanker meme just an innocent joke? Or should we be careful of what we say to AI?
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