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I don't know about that word so won't engage w/it until I can read up on the origins or why people are using it. Are there pejorative terms that would be acceptable to use when describing it w/o being problematic? Like, would 'knowledge slurping machine' carry similar problems?

I guess without knowing the meaning behind the term I am trying to understand if there are terms that could be used that while expressing a critique, aren't slurs in the same way presumably this term is?

I mean, u can angrily call it "useless pile of wires" if you want, how u could call someone a "useless pile of bones" w/o it being a slur. Also no one is listening to what you say at home in private. It's when ur gleefully parodying other real slur words in public w/ other people that it gets weird

I think it's fine to call LLMs mean things if you don't like them. I think gleefully adopting a specific term expressly as a slur sends a message about how you feel about slurs in general. It's not about AI, it's about other people who are the subjects of slurs.

So say I am frustrated and call my newly purchased fridge a 'pile'. How would that be distinct from the term you used (given that I don't actually know the history of it)? Genuinely trying to understand what makes the term you mentioned a slur vs just some term to express frustration at a tool?