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What would inorganic species call themselves? (self.worldbuilding)

submitted 8 months ago by T156 to c/worldbuilding

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I've been using "mechanoid" as a classification (similar to humanoid, etc), but a friend pointed out that it's both too generic, and that said inorganics might just consider it biology, with organics being the weird outlier.

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[–] T156 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's some interesting ones there, but I feel like using ChatGPT lacks a certain je ne sais quoi compared to organic home-grown adjectives, that you just don't get with their industrial machine-grown equivalents.

[–] cm0002 1 points 8 months ago

Oh for sure, but it might be helpful for inspiration or something