Apple’s new Transformer-powered predictive text model

Post by jeffbee » Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 6:24 AM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #35

Just give me the option of not having autocorrect change the previous word when I am typing a new one. I don’t move on to the next word unless the current one was correct or I have already corrected it. Why does it assume I’m stupid? It even does this when I’ve picked the completion for the prior word or swiped to type and then made manual corrections. It’s painfully obvious that it shouldn’t be touched again.

Post by 01851159997 » Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 6:29 AM UTC

01851159997 wrote: post #42

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Post by nurettin » Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 6:31 AM UTC

ilaksh wrote: post #15

codeflo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's a small, fairly dumb LLM. I have no idea whether you really don’t know what “LLM” stands for or are just trolling. Not calling it an LLM actually is more honest marketing precisely because it’s small, and “transformer-based model” is a precise technical description that everybody with even superficial knowledge of the field understood immediately. And I’m actually onboard with most of your other examples. I’d…

I know that LLM stands for large language model. It is still that type of model even though that final parameter count is not very large. They are deliberately avoid "LLM" because it doesn't compare favorably with most.

Post by jamiedumont » Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 6:36 AM UTC

pentae wrote: post #25

blindriver wrote: post #17

I don't want better predictive text. I need better autocorrect. Something happened about 6 years ago where the quality of the autocorrect fell off the roof, and it's been absolutely terrible since then. I spend too much of my time fighting with either mispelling, flipping to the wrong word even though I spelled the word properly, etc. It has made typing on my iPhone an unpleasant experience and I need it to change. T…

Same with voice to text translation. It's absolutely, utterly, worthless. I end up having to go and edit half the message. Apple can't even get basic things right

Post by Krasnol » Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 6:39 AM UTC

Toutouxc wrote: post #21

Meanwhile my language and dozens of others with hundreds of millions of speakers still don’t get the predictions at all, don’t support multi-language typing and don’t support swipe typing. Typing on a $1000 iPhone in one of these languages is still a 2007 experience.