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What I find more disagreeable is the newly enabled autosuggest feature. Few things are more annoying than seeing bad suggestions pop up for every word, on a des

What I find more disagreeable is the newly enabled autosuggest feature. Few things are more annoying than seeing bad suggestions pop up for every word, on a desktop device where I type at 100wpm. Edit: word.

stcredzero 8y ago
I'd say that's true efficiency. They are managing to annoy you at a rate approaching 100 times per minute!
- ben509 8y ago
  The robot uprising has already begun!
  - stcredzero 8y ago
    Annoying us is probably their maximum capability for now. https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/
- nicoburns 8y ago
  A perfect example of why efficiency is not always a good thing!
Someone1234 8y ago
Then turn it off? I got a pop-up asking me if I wanted to enable it (I did), but you can turn it back off by going Settings -> General -> Smart Compose -> Writing suggestions off
- flatline 8y ago
  I never saw a pop-up, but I did take the time right away to disable it.
sevensor 8y ago
I really like these suggestions -- when I see one, I stop right away and rethink what I'm writing. If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient. Or I'm using too many words to get my point across.
- SquareWheel 8y ago
  > If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient Wouldn't a common phrase or expression be easier to understand for the recipient?
  - sevensor 8y ago
    True, but the suggestions are so conservative that anytime they pop up, it's a sign that I'm being too wordy. A familiar five word phrase might be easier for the reader than an unfamiliar phrase of equal length, but no words at all is even easier. I've consistently found that, when a suggestion pops up, I can safely drop most of the sentence without denting clarity. It's like spell-checking for semantics.
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stcredzero 8y ago

I'd say that's true efficiency. They are managing to annoy you at a rate approaching 100 times per minute!

ben509 8y ago
The robot uprising has already begun!
- stcredzero 8y ago
  Annoying us is probably their maximum capability for now. https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/
nicoburns 8y ago
A perfect example of why efficiency is not always a good thing!

Someone1234 8y ago

Then turn it off? I got a pop-up asking me if I wanted to enable it (I did), but you can turn it back off by going Settings -> General -> Smart Compose -> Writing suggestions off

flatline 8y ago
I never saw a pop-up, but I did take the time right away to disable it.

sevensor 8y ago

I really like these suggestions -- when I see one, I stop right away and rethink what I'm writing. If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient. Or I'm using too many words to get my point across.

SquareWheel 8y ago
> If my sentence is so predictable that a machine can finish it, I'm not writing something that's going to be informative to its recipient Wouldn't a common phrase or expression be easier to understand for the recipient?
- sevensor 8y ago
  True, but the suggestions are so conservative that anytime they pop up, it's a sign that I'm being too wordy. A familiar five word phrase might be easier for the reader than an unfamiliar phrase of equal length, but no words at all is even easier. I've consistently found that, when a suggestion pops up, I can safely drop most of the sentence without denting clarity. It's like spell-checking for semantics.

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