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swed420 • today at 8:23 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> I've given up correcting people.

I have a working theory that the prevalence of typos has been increasing in recent years, and it's on purpose:

* Humans trying to distinguish themselves from bots might add intentional typos to convey this

* AI bots, armed with the above knowledge, will also use this trick to seem more human

Of course, many typos are genuine, but this is increasingly not the case imo.


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sanex • today at 8:58 PM

I've definitely tried to sound less robotic and will leave a minor typo so it's more obvious I'm human. We'll see when the bots or their controllers get wise.

edoceo • today at 8:49 PM

My phone frequently changes if to of, and "fixes" a bunch of things to be incorrect grammatically.

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