It will be interesting to see what happens to language as these technologies get better. Would you rather type out your ideal word, or tap the suggestion that is close enough?<p>If this type of good prediction grows widespread it could be a force toward standardization/avoidance of language drift. it could also discourage more in depth conversation, which may be less likely to get favorable auto-suggest.
"Eerie" "creepy" "scary"... You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means…<p>Did someone pay gizmodo to write a faux-praise article, or is this shlock par for the course?
It's worth noting that neural networks has been used for Chinese and Japanese keyboards for some years now.<p>Here's a nice (and easy to read, even if you don't know how written Japanese works) paper on the structure of a Japanese IME called Simeji by Baidu:<p>Wu, Xianchao, Rixin Xiao, and Xiaoxin Chen. “Using the Web to Train a Mobile Device Oriented Japanese Input Method Editor,” 2013. <a href="http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/I/I13/I13-1172.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/I/I13/I13-1172.pdf</a>
Keyception.<p><i>It was a dark and stormy night, and</i> I will be in touch with you to discuss the position with you and your family are doing well and that you are not the only one I have to say that I am a beautiful person and I love you and I love you and I love you <i>(repeats)</i><p><i>What is</i> the best way to get the money to you and I will be in touch with you to discuss the position<p><i>Who</i> will be able to get the job done and I will be in touch with you<p><i>Why</i> I was not able to get to the point where I want to be a part of the team and the team will be able to get the job done
Swiftkey is great except it does not work at my iPhone. Before neural network enhancements, they should work on the basics.<p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=swiftkey+iphone+issues" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=swiftkey+iphone+issues</a><p><a href="https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201310402-Why-does-SwiftKey-Keyboard-sometimes-disappear-on-iOS-apps-" rel="nofollow">https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201310402-Why...</a>