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It's not just smart devices, it's things like vanilla autocorrect on my iPhone. It's done incredibly stupid autocorrects, like divide a simple, grammatically co
by gmd63 3y ago
It's not just smart devices, it's things like vanilla autocorrect on my iPhone. It's done incredibly stupid autocorrects, like divide a simple, grammatically correct four letter word into two strings of non-word characters.
This is what we asked for when we discarded software development for "AI", aka "I'm done thinking, im just going to roll the dice on hyperparameters and evolve tech through random mutation instead of reason"
- HumblyTossed 3y agoThis. Ever since Apple has started using ML, the keyboard has taken a shit. Will they fix it? Nope. Why not? Because they don’t have to. People will still buy iPhones.
- elevatedastalt 3y agoI feel that the Apple keyboard was always significantly worse than the competition, whether it be GBoard or Swype (that MSFT eventually purchased). Whenever I see my friends type on an iPhone I feel vicarious pain.
- rietta 3y agoI am slower at typing on my iPhone than I was at using a Handspring Visor with Grafiti. I miss the old days.
- rubslopes 3y ago> or Swype (that MSFT eventually purchased). I think you mean SwiftKey.
- elevatedastalt 3y agoSorry, yes. That's what I meant. Too late to edit :(
- averageRoyalty 3y agoThey're all awful. The third party ones are data loggers ans require retraining your typing, and the first party auto correct is terrible on both (and slightly more terrible on Apple). I disabled autocorrect years ago, and every time I use someone elses phone I can't understand how they function.
- devilbunny 3y agoApple swiping has trouble with even simple things. Maybe I just have poor precision, but when I swipe out “and” I get “Abbas” with surprising frequency. The Palestinian president is the only Abbas I know, and he’s not in my contacts. Meanwhile, “and” is one of the most common English words.