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1. gary_0+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-11-05 11:23:29
> Machines shouldn't act like humans.

I'm pretty sure Silicon Valley is just getting started at walking all over this one, and the end results are going to be horrifying. Or maybe just annoying.

I never want something to brightly say "it looks like you're writing a letter", even if it's right. Even if the computer was smart enough to write the letter for me, better than I would have. Even if GMail has read a trillion emails and thinks it knows exactly what everyone's replies should be.

No, just shut up and let me write, let me work, let me live. No, I don't want to have a relationship with a machine. You be the tool; let me do the thinking.

replies(3): >>hypert+Y8 >>jceler+Wk >>fnord7+HG
2. hypert+Y8[view] [source] 2021-11-05 12:35:21
>>gary_0+(OP)
Agreed.

One of the first things I turn off in any application is spelling correction.

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3. jceler+Wk[view] [source] 2021-11-05 13:38:58
>>gary_0+(OP)
oh please yes. also if every recommendation system could go burn in hell... no youtube, I don't want you to choose which song is going to play next, unless I explicitely ask you to do so. Even better would be every semi-automated-insufferable-ai-and-heuristics-based thing just die (like google's search results always changing places depending on who's doing the search), that would be great! Or typing prediction always changing on android phones, this drives me crazy.

Using internet today is so stress-inducing because of all those obscure behaviours and especially non-repeatable outcomes! Using a computer should always bring repeatable outcomes before anything else, "intelligence" should be opt-in !

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4. mumble+4o[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 13:53:25
>>hypert+Y8
I don't mind red and blue squigglies under words. It's presenting a passive information channel in a mellow way, and frees me to do things like look away from what I'm typing while I'm typing it, and then be able to later find (most) my spelling errors at a quick glance. To me, that feels like a reasonably appropriate division of labor.

On the other hand, my phone's autocorrect is a nuisance. It's constantly trying to inappropriately switch "it's" and "its" or "their" and "they're", especially when it's the first word of the sentence and the algorithm has absolutely no way of knowing how the sentence will unroll. That's a distraction that has the opposite effect. It makes a greater demand on my attention by forcing me to watch my typing like a hawk to make sure autocorrect isn't inserting errors.

replies(2): >>Engine+5w >>stjohn+XC1
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5. foobar+Vo[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 13:57:14
>>jceler+Wk
I love internet radio and YouTube recommendations. Just wish YT didn't autoplay by default.
replies(1): >>nichos+OJ
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6. Engine+5w[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 14:26:46
>>mumble+4o
I'm also REALLY not a fan of the grammar recommendations where it suggests edits "for clarity" while subtly shifting the meaning. Unfortunately, I think the reccomendations will become self-fulfilling: By forcing people to converge on a certain style of very simple grammatical constructions in standard writing tools, that WILL become a de-facto standard and deviating from it will make your writing less familiar and less clear.
7. fnord7+HG[view] [source] 2021-11-05 15:12:09
>>gary_0+(OP)
we'll figure out how to get out of the uncanny valley.
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8. nichos+OJ[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 15:23:17
>>foobar+Vo
There's an option do disable it. Should be a button below the video.
replies(2): >>Psylen+8N >>stjohn+KC1
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9. Psylen+8N[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 15:36:15
>>nichos+OJ
My experience is that that option becomes re-enabled pretty often, even when I'm logged in and on the same device. It should be an account-wide option that's preserved and respected across all devices.
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10. stjohn+CC1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 19:48:52
>>jceler+Wk
All those have ways of being turned off. However, removing Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram and the like from your life will lower stress far more than you think. The always on mentality really needs to go.
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11. stjohn+KC1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 19:49:22
>>nichos+OJ
Also like a dozen plugins to stop autoplay so that it doesn't get turned back on.
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12. stjohn+XC1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-11-05 19:50:13
>>mumble+4o
I run a personal LanguageTool server and love it.
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