Any fool can think of words that rhyme

Sep 08, 2010 17:11

Thanks to j4's recent post, I know now that there is a thing called Google Scribe. Which tries to second guess you as you type.

If you put in one word, then just begin accepting every auto-completion it offers you by hitting 'return', it generates ( rubbish )

internet, waffle, silly games

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hmmm_tea September 8 2010, 22:06:23 UTC
So how long before someone translates the complete works of Shakespeare into gibberish using it?

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venta September 9 2010, 07:21:42 UTC
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day in the life of their own and do not want to be related?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate climates of the world's largest international multimedia news agency!

(The mildly interesting bit is that in the second line I stopped typing after the "and" - it got the "more temperate" bit correct.)

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drdoug September 9 2010, 11:28:16 UTC
This is huge fun but a time-sink of the first order. It's surprising (or not) how much pops up with the original stuff, and how much is ... different. I think I shall long remember "For in that sleep of death what dreams may come ( ... )

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venta September 9 2010, 11:34:23 UTC
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come /
When we have any questions or concerns about these privacy policies"

Yes, that is particularly fine.

The most noticable thing to me is that you have to stop at arbitrary points. Google Scribe seems to be enjoying a constant game of Cheddar Gorge, and is very bad at finishing sentences if left to its own devices and they are nothing but another form of therapy...

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hmmm_tea September 9 2010, 18:38:16 UTC
Hmmm yes...

All the world's a stage, and the payment method selected by you for the abuse report to the Board of Directors ( ... )

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