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It is almost freaky when I go to type something I thought was obscure into the google search bar and it predicts what I am going to type after the first word.
by Judson 16y ago
It is almost freaky when I go to type something I thought was obscure into the google search bar and it predicts what I am going to type after the first word.
A less obscure example (but the only one I could think of) is when I type is "How to fix " and it correctly filled in "a leaky faucet". No context, but it guessed correctly.
- philwelch 16y agoIt autocompletes the same thing for me. Leaky faucets are a common problem; I suspect this is a case of confirmation bias. Far spookier is the autocompletion for "a pair of pl".
- beza1e1 16y agohow to fix -> ticking clicking sound in macbook pro unibody Seems like the faucets are better here, but the macbooks are broken. No suggestion for "a pair of pl".
- ghshephard 16y agoAgreed. I was hanging out with Friends last night in Foster City, CA, and I had decided that I was going to spend Thanksgiving in Reno. A few of my friends said "Is there anything to do other than Gamble in Reno?" So, I did what any silicon valley denizen would do, an whipped out my iphone. I typed in the following: What is there That's it, just three words. Third line down on my screen, courtesy of google, was: "What is there to do in Reno" Scared the living crap out of me.