Predictive Text Laffs
Not sure why, but there is a certain kind of comedy that always cracks me up: broken telephone, mistranslation, poor imitation. And also Markov chain stuff, like where an algorithm tries to guess the next word based on its analysis of previous words. It feels like a computer trying to bullshit you and failing. Here’s what I’m talkin aboot:
please try this recipe i made using a predictive text imitator and The American Woman's Cook Book (1938) pic.twitter.com/X0NgV6FOTb
— Jamie Brew (@jamieabrew) February 4, 2016
i fed a database of radio advertising copy into my predictive text imitator and wrote some new ads for food + drink pic.twitter.com/bkyKpPgu9a
— Jamie Brew (@jamieabrew) January 28, 2016
and then here is a secret chapter from a romantic book pic.twitter.com/5NdhzjOjNC
— Jamie Brew (@jamieabrew) January 28, 2016
predictive text transcript of the #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/Cv9NuRDDuT
— Jamie Brew (@jamieabrew) January 15, 2016