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My grand-daughter used to think A1 sauce was “AL sauce”…I wonder when AI will get to be called “AL” (short for "Albert) since the computers don’t print an upper case i like you do when manually printing, with a short line above and below?
Sometimes something as simple as the presence or absence of a comma can “toggle” the meaning of a sentence between X and Y. If you wrote X but meant Y, how is AI going to know? Perhaps from the context, but I wouldn’t count on it.
So, for example, when someone uses the word too, as in also, but predictive text spells it to, as in “where to?” and they don’t know the difference ..I had to travel to the other side of the planet to find people who actually wanted to speak English properly. Not that I was looking but it was a treat.
We saw what happened to arithmetic when the pocket calculator came along. Now I can see a time when people won’t be able to write a coherent sentence without running it through a computer first!
Grumpy Old Guy about 1 year ago
Originality and good grammar is becoming a lost art….
Olddog1 about 1 year ago
Without good grammar, how can we be sure of the thought behind it?
The Reader Premium Member about 1 year ago
It is not thoughtless, just thought lite.
DawnQuinn1 about 1 year ago
That kid needs to be taken down a peg or two. He is getting far too belligerent.
fritzoid Premium Member about 1 year ago
“If you cannot say what you mean, you will never mean what you say. And a gentleman should always mean what he says.”
“Are you a gentleman, Mr. Johnston?”
“I try to be, Your Majesty. I try to be.”
The Last Emperor
ChessPirate about 1 year ago
Trouble is, the bad grammar can change what the thought is supposed to be. And a negative bonus? The reader pegs you as an idiot…
suelou about 1 year ago
My grand-daughter used to think A1 sauce was “AL sauce”…I wonder when AI will get to be called “AL” (short for "Albert) since the computers don’t print an upper case i like you do when manually printing, with a short line above and below?
oakie817 about 1 year ago
1984
joe bennett about 1 year ago
Sometimes something as simple as the presence or absence of a comma can “toggle” the meaning of a sentence between X and Y. If you wrote X but meant Y, how is AI going to know? Perhaps from the context, but I wouldn’t count on it.
erin.adamic Premium Member about 1 year ago
Here we go, indeed…
tammyspeakslife Premium Member about 1 year ago
So, for example, when someone uses the word too, as in also, but predictive text spells it to, as in “where to?” and they don’t know the difference ..I had to travel to the other side of the planet to find people who actually wanted to speak English properly. Not that I was looking but it was a treat.
Ukko wilko about 1 year ago
And truth is the ultimate casualty.
JP Steve Premium Member about 1 year ago
We saw what happened to arithmetic when the pocket calculator came along. Now I can see a time when people won’t be able to write a coherent sentence without running it through a computer first!