Autocorrect Is Almost 20 Years Old And Its Fails Are Never Going To Be Not Hilarious
No, I don't mean "duck" you ducking phone
Autocorrect, as we know it today, was invented in 2005 and introduced on the first iPhone in 2007 by Apple software engineer and designer, Ken Kocienda. It has been an amusing pain in the ass for users ever since.
According to the creator, they weren’t 100% sure that typing on a small touch-sensitive glass keyboard was even technologically possible! Kocienda shared that he “wrote the code for iPhone autocorrection based on an analysis of the words we type most commonly, the frequency of words relative to others, and the errors we’re most likely to make on a touchscreen keyboard.”
“Even with recent advances in AI and machine learning, the core problem remains the same: Software doesn’t understand the nuance of human communication,” Kocienda continues, explaining the ultimate downfall of autocorrect.
Because of the failure to understand the nuance of human communication, there have been countless websites and subreddits alike dedicated to the hilarious autocorrect mishaps.
No matter how many times we’ve encountered an autocorrect mishap ourselves or witnessed the fallout from someone else's autocorrect failure online, there’s no denying that these “corrected” messages will never stop being funny. We’ve gathered 25 hilarious autocorrect tweets to share for your entertainment.
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Sometimes you just want it to do its job
Talhah_SI'd say a nudity dream would also likely be an anxiety dream
meenaTechnology is evolving
sarabellab123
Marriage means you don't have to do anything with your muffin
maryfairybobrry
Food is an important word
Lilly
Autocorrect messing things up
thearibradford
Anytime now
AkilahObviously
You gotta proofread those cake requests!
emilyseggie_
Sod of a birch
Kendragarden
At least you're doing it well?
XplodingUnicorn
Something something country girls
maryfairybobrry
A chivalrous man *would* bring chocolate
lilireinhart
Why not both?
LurkAtHomeMom
giphy
Sometimes we gotta pull from our toolbox
SladeWentworth
confluence? connect? congratulations?
SvnSxty
Oddly accurate
sweetmomissa
We aren't doing anything together, autocorrect
Lilly
Life can be pretty morbid
LuvPug
Talk about adding salt to the wound
mattwasfunny
Sometimes, yeah, autocorrect knows what's up
Manda_like_wine
Surprisingly embarrassing when autocorrect makes you more enthusiastic than you're capable of being
johnsinspace
We knew him well
SimonDSears
"Soon" is surprisingly ominous
1followernodad
Honestly though
ManLike_Nesta
Never when you want it
thearibradford
It’s inevitable that there will be another breakthrough in artificial intelligence that will improve upon autocorrect or voice-to-text in the future. The ways we communicate will continue to grow and improve as technology advances.
But who knows when that will be? Our love-to-hate autocorrect will be here until then, suggesting or outright changing our words, for better or worse.
