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Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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I'd actually like to see the exact opposite: an editor that warns me every time I use a too common and worn out phrase or sequence of words. That shouldn't be too hard to do, should it? :)

The other thing it needs (which I also wish I could use more precisely in Google search) is some concept of punctuation beyond the occasional comma; playing with it seems to result endless run-on sentences. But hey, early days.

I wonder if/how it selects for linguistic quality? While it won't be too useful to the general public if it defaults to the dense academic language of textbooks, I too was a bit startled by the frequency with which 'I'ma let you finish but Beyonce had the best syntactic parser of all time' keeps popping up.

Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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post #19

Interesting. It can also be used as a Markov chain text generator. Type one word, then just accept every suggestion. "In the case of these two types of information that is not appropriate for all users of the catalogue should also be noted that there is anything you would not believe how much I loved them."

You can even get it to repeat itself after a while: I have been able to find anything in these search results from RT on your Google searches by subscribing to the feed via email to state their case and their ownership of their owners and are strictly for viewing and printing of these books are nothing but another form of therapy for these patients is not known whether these are the only ones who can not afford to pa…

Congratulations, you just found a fixed point attractor.

Re: Google Scribe - Get autocomplete suggestions as you type

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post #55
post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can even get it to repeat itself after a while: I have been able to find anything in these search results from RT on your Google searches by subscribing to the feed via email to state their case and their ownership of their owners and are strictly for viewing and printing of these books are nothing but another form of therapy for these patients is not known whether these are the only ones who can not afford to pa…

Congratulations, you just found a fixed point attractor.

I think a fixed point attractor would be a word or phrase where it goes naturally but then doesn't have any more suggestions: a dead end.

This is more of a periodic-solution attractor.

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