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Spellcheck (and auto completion) is like AI - it solves one problem and creates another.

Now instead of misspelled words (which still happens all the time) we have incorrect words substituted in place of the correct ones.

Look at any long form article on any website these days and it will likely be riddled with errors, even on traditional news websites!



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