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stymaaryesterday at 9:31 PM1 replyview on HN

Aren't most autocorrect transformer-based?


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sebastiennightyesterday at 10:11 PM

Historically, no.

The simplest way to build autocorrect is to have a dictionary, look it up for each word, and suggest the "closest" dictionary word if a typed word is absent from the dictionary.

It has existed way before transformers and on platforms that couldn't dream of running even the smallest transformer.