Error-free writing, at leasg most of the timr
ISBN
24058203
Type
book section
Date Issued
2023-10-01
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Kirsten Algera
Ernst van der Hoeven
Abstract
This essay exlores the histories, techniques and limitations of automatic writing correction systems used by software such as Microsoft Word or WhatsApp. Ostensibly an innocent tool to eliminate typos, autocorrect turns out to be a normative force that is forever overwhelmed by the idiosyncratic and unpredictable way humans use language.
Language
English (United States)
Keywords
autocorrect
computational linguistic
large language models
language prediction
Book title
MacGuffin Magazine: The Letter
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Number
13
Start page
67
End page
72
Pages
6
Contact Email Address
christoph.miler@unisg.ch
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MacGuffin_AutoCorrect.pdf
Size
17.33 MB
Format
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