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@idiot@shitposter.world how the fuck did AI become synonymous with lobsters anyway? Is it just because claude sounds like 'claw'
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@RustyCrab@clubcyberia.co @idiot@shitposter.world yes
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@RustyCrab@clubcyberia.co @idiot@shitposter.world openclaw used to be called clawdbot because it sounded like claude I like to think it's because of the claim that the universe has repeatedly invented
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Mar 03, 2026
@sun@shitposter.world @RustyCrab@clubcyberia.co @idiot@shitposter.world I always thought it was referencing the Lobsters chapter from Accelerando
tl;dr Lobsters uploaded their consciousness to the net and escaped, seems to fit the theme https://rhapsodistreviews.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/rewired-10/
long; did read: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelerando/accelerando.html#Lobsters
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