@MaddieM4@raphus.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run @kevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.place @julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social I think that analogizing "hate" of LLMs to racial prejudice does two things:
- trivializes real oppression faced by marginalized humans
- promotes the pernicious and false idea that LLMs might be in some sense people
I don't believe you intend to do either of these things. You seem very thoughtful and kind to me.
I haven’t found much use for the term "clanker”, so I have no reason to feel defensive when you say you don't use it because you don't want to promote hate. I do feel protective of the gravity of the comparison (first bullet point), and hostile to the idea that LLMs are alive (second point), and that's why I responded as I did.
I think where you're coming from is more that others have made this analogy, and you don't want to even tread close to saying the n-word. If so, I respect that.