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> Tired of people blaming machines for working as designed How is the specific case of autocorrecting "duloxetine" to "fluoxetine" the system "working as desig
by jamesrcole 9y ago
> Tired of people blaming machines for working as designed
How is the specific case of autocorrecting "duloxetine" to "fluoxetine" the system "working as designed"?
> this is 100% a fault in the hands of the users in the supposed problem case.
Why is a case like autocorrecting "duloxetine" to "fluoxetine" absolutely not in any way a fault of the developers?
Would an autocorrect system with the smarts to avoid that problem not be better?
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You seem to be thinking of this in terms of absolutes. One point is that autocorrect, like everything else, has costs and benefits. Just because it has flaws doesn't mean it hasn't got benefits. For me the benefits outweigh the costs. Another is that when flaws are found they can be fixed
- sharpercoder 9y agoBut costs can go above a certain absolute threshold. In this example, the cost may be a human life, which is unacceptable.
- jamesrcole 9y agoAs I said in my comment, problems like in this case can be addressed. And such problems don't argue against all forms of autocorrect like the comment I replying to was rallying against.