![]() Our brains seem to become less vigilant when we know a grammatical safety net will catch us. "hen it comes to autocorrect, spellcheck, and their ilk, those who would blame digital technology for language decay are not entirely wrong.In using e-mail or word-processing software, we become less proficient proofreaders when we know that a spell-checker is at work." (Nicholas Carr, "All Can Be Lost: The Risk of Putting Our Knowledge in the Hands of Machines." The Atlantic, October 2013) "Most of us have experienced complacency when at a computer. Automation complacency occurs when a computer lulls us into a false sense of security. "Psychologists have found that when we work with computers, we often fall victim to two cognitive ailments-complacency and bias-that can undercut our performance and lead to mistakes.
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