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It will be interesting to see what happens to language as these technologies get better. Would you rather type out your ideal word, or tap the suggestion that i
by yojo 11y ago
It will be interesting to see what happens to language as these technologies get better. Would you rather type out your ideal word, or tap the suggestion that is close enough?
If this type of good prediction grows widespread it could be a force toward standardization/avoidance of language drift. it could also discourage more in depth conversation, which may be less likely to get favorable auto-suggest.
- wodenokoto 11y agoI do it a lot for Japanese. You need to select a suggestion to get the kanji right, and from there on you're already looking at the suggestion box, so might as well choose from there if it's close enough.
- gtf21 11y agoThis is a really interesting idea that I hadn't thought of. It could have implications for the ability of people to express their ideas, and thus on their imaginations. It reminds me a little of Newspeak. Not that I'm suggesting that SwiftKey's neural net is some sort of Orwellian thought-controlling tool by design or mistake, but it's an interesting idea that as we get the benefit of accurate autocorrect (I don't actually use autocorrect on any of my devices), we start to lose both the individuality of expression, and then the imagination that fuels that expression.