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I use spellcheck but hate-hate-HATE #autocomplete & Siri.

They only remind me tech is 90% based on assuming we’re stupid and further dumbing us down, the word I want so often not there if not actively avoided.

Still, there are some annoying #typing tasks where autocomplete saves effort.

So here in two posts are my 'Text Replacement' entries in IOS Settings.

An example is: I type 'isnt' and Text Replace offers 'isn't'.

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I use spellcheck but hate-hate-HATE #autocomplete & Siri.

They only remind me tech is 90% based on assuming we’re stupid and further dumbing us down, the word I want so often not there if not actively avoided.

Still, there are some annoying #typing tasks where autocomplete saves effort.

So here in two posts are my 'Text Replacement' entries in IOS Settings.

An example is: I type 'isnt' and Text Replace offers 'isn't'.

1/2

Your #AI "is an incredibly sophisticated form of pattern matching, so advanced that it can mimic the output of human reasoning for a narrow band of problems. But when tested in a controlled way, its fragility is exposed. It lacks the robust, generalizable, and symbolic logic that underpins true intelligence.

We’re seeing the limits of very expensive #autocomplete that breaks when it matters most."

ninza7.medium.com/apple-just-p
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Medium · Apple Just Pulled the Plug on the AI Hype. Here’s What Their Shocking Study FoundBy Rohit Kumar Thakur

"I did not realize, but Duck Van Duke is almost a 100 years old."

"Who is this Duck?"

"You know. The actor. Oh... shit... Autocomplete messed it up. I meant Dick Van Dyke."

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True story. Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night, as I usually do. I grabbed my phone, as I usually do. I checked profiles on Feeld, as I usually do. While doing this, I managed to run into the profile of a joker who used Dick Van Dyke's picture as its sole picture. This was unusual.

Being the good netizen that I am, I reported it. When I filled the explanation field my phone insisted that I wanted to call him Duck Van Duke.

:headache:

Then I went back to sleep, as I usually do.

For the kids in the audience. I'm attaching a picture of Duck... er... Dick Van Dyke around the age he was in the dating profile.

👀🔎 Well, aren't we all just slaves to the almighty autocomplete? This riveting tale of epic proportions chronicles the harrowing #journey of a man lost in the labyrinth of his own #bookmarks, only to end up face-to-face with yesterday's blog, while still trying to remember what he was actually searching for. 🤦‍♂️💻 Spoiler alert: he never finds it.
fi-le.net/recommendationless/ #autocomplete #search #techhumor #lostinsearch #HackerNews #ngated

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AI can't do your job
"By firing #skilledhumanworkers and replacing them with spicy #autocomplete, #Musk is assuming his final form as both the kind of boss who can be conned into replacing you with a defective chatbot and as the fast-talking sales rep who cons your boss. Musk is transforming key #gov functions into high-speed error-generating machines whose human minders are only the payroll to take the fall for the coming tsunami of #robotfuckups."
@pluralistic
pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asb

pluralistic.netPluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow