>Do others do that? Meaning, do you see the correct words, even when they're
> actually something else?
Yes. Like stereotyping, it's a reflex that keeps you from getting
bogged down in all the details over-analyzing every stimulus that
comes your way. The tradeoff between absolute comprehension and
real-time responsiveness is something that we all deal with to some
extent.
Any AI created will also have this problem, in some fashion. It will
have to strike some sort of balance between analyzing every possible
meaning of the data presented to it, and guessing at the most likely
ones. Just because it'll be a very fast machine doesn't mean that it
won't be attempting to maximize the amount of information that it can
process in a "useful" manner.
Pattern recognition software suffers from this problem now. That
reminds me of an old "The Simpsons" where Nelson takes Martin's
Newton and writes a reminder: "Beat up Martin". It comes out as "Eat
up Martha" or something... okay, so maybe you had to see it firsthand.
Regards,
Chris Russo
--
"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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