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In yet another unsurprising twist, social media users have found a new way to voice their disdain for AI and the tech industry’s obsession with automation — by reviving an old insult: clanker.

A term that began as a meme to poke fun at artificial intelligence is now causing a stir. "Clanker," a derogatory term used to describe AI, chatbots and robots, first gained mainstream traction in ...