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I read that as "Manta Ray Unscrewed ..." and could not process the rest of the sentence. Are manta rays attacking underwater vehicles now?

not_your_mentat 2y ago
I was thinking, "That's a rude way to describe manta rays having reproductive problems."
jpm_sd 2y ago
"Uncrewed" is the gender-neutral replacement for "Unmanned" in the robotics industry these days.
- jtms 2y ago
  Unmanned was already gender neutral, but hey… whatever makes people feel like they are virtuous
  - sangnoir 2y ago
    Thank you for your service in the culture wars.
- jpm_sd 2y ago
  Uh, what's up with the downvotes? I'm describing reality here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_vehicle https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2022/09/08/are-autonomous-ships-and-vehicles-unamanned-or-uncrewed/ https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2022/09/08/are-autonomous-... https://skymantics.com/the-faa-is-shifting-from-unmanned-to-uncrewed-why-is-it-important/ https://skymantics.com/the-faa-is-shifting-from-unmanned-to-...
0x457 2y ago
Glad I'm not the only one. Tooke me awhile to figure out.
pineaux 2y ago
Same here
alistairSH 2y ago
Same. I had to read your comment and title several times each before it clicked.
manuelkehl 2y ago
Came here to write a comment along those same lines haha
nielsbot 2y ago
Same. I was like "oh, so we have caterpillar drive in real life now?" (assuming screw = propeller)
- shitpostbot 2y ago
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aaroninsf 2y ago
I wonder if there is a name for garden-path sentences which emerge from mis-reading or typos; or, more interestingly perhaps, a name for a garden path candidate sentence—which is being optimistically projected during reading—forcing a misreading. An interesting sort of confirmation bias, which it is easy to interpret as "pressure from more abstract model layers, informing the word recognition layer"...
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- hammock 2y ago
  It's been studied. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w53k8/download https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w53k8/download "Rational inference and good-enough processing actively trade off with each other during reading." A slightly broader term would be "illusory inferences"
- quercusa 2y ago
  "Crash blossoms" (2010) [0] "Noun piles" (2011-) [2,3] [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage... [1] https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4418 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4418 [2] https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29803 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29803
MarcoZavala 2y ago
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zwieback 2y ago
Same, and now I'm fantasizing about the Netflix movie about manta rays unscrewing submarines

not_your_mentat 2y ago

I was thinking, "That's a rude way to describe manta rays having reproductive problems."

jpm_sd 2y ago

"Uncrewed" is the gender-neutral replacement for "Unmanned" in the robotics industry these days.

jtms 2y ago
Unmanned was already gender neutral, but hey… whatever makes people feel like they are virtuous
- sangnoir 2y ago
  Thank you for your service in the culture wars.
jpm_sd 2y ago
Uh, what's up with the downvotes? I'm describing reality here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_vehicle https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2022/09/08/are-autonomous-ships-and-vehicles-unamanned-or-uncrewed/ https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2022/09/08/are-autonomous-... https://skymantics.com/the-faa-is-shifting-from-unmanned-to-uncrewed-why-is-it-important/ https://skymantics.com/the-faa-is-shifting-from-unmanned-to-...

0x457 2y ago

Glad I'm not the only one. Tooke me awhile to figure out.

pineaux 2y ago

Same here

alistairSH 2y ago

Same. I had to read your comment and title several times each before it clicked.

manuelkehl 2y ago

Came here to write a comment along those same lines haha

nielsbot 2y ago

Same. I was like "oh, so we have caterpillar drive in real life now?" (assuming screw = propeller)

shitpostbot 2y ago
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aaroninsf 2y ago

I wonder if there is a name for garden-path sentences which emerge from mis-reading or typos; or, more interestingly perhaps, a name for a garden path candidate sentence—which is being optimistically projected during reading—forcing a misreading. An interesting sort of confirmation bias, which it is easy to interpret as "pressure from more abstract model layers, informing the word recognition layer"...

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hammock 2y ago
It's been studied. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w53k8/download https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w53k8/download "Rational inference and good-enough processing actively trade off with each other during reading." A slightly broader term would be "illusory inferences"
quercusa 2y ago
"Crash blossoms" (2010) [0] "Noun piles" (2011-) [2,3] [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage... [1] https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4418 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4418 [2] https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29803 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29803

MarcoZavala 2y ago

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zwieback 2y ago

Same, and now I'm fantasizing about the Netflix movie about manta rays unscrewing submarines