A portmanteau of “clanker”: a pejorative for “AI” systems; and “whore”: a pejorative for a person who compromises their integrity for personal gain, “clankwhore” describes a person who is uncritical of the human cost of “AI” systems. They support “AI” generated art, replacing of humans by “AI” in the workplace, or utilize “AI” to conduct basic cognitive tasks for themselves - or otherwise selling out characteristically human behaviors and activities to “clankers”.
P1: “AI art is going to replace human artists”
P2: “…but AI plagiarizes real human artwork, harming artists and debasing human artistic expression!”
P1: “well, they just need to adapt. AI allows people like me to also be artists. Get with the times!”
P2: “You’re such a Clankwhore…”
P2: “…but AI plagiarizes real human artwork, harming artists and debasing human artistic expression!”
P1: “well, they just need to adapt. AI allows people like me to also be artists. Get with the times!”
P2: “You’re such a Clankwhore…”
by Munkiewitagun January 30, 2026
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