AcMo Typographic Error Eliminator

That is way too much to type on a regular basis.  I thought about calling it ATEE, but that didn't sound tough enough to enforce a behavior change and get people to think twice about making a typo.  Instead we just call it the Typonator around the office.  You should call it that too, or else it will become agitated and attack.  We developed the Typonator to stamp out errors in our marketing materials after being told we looked stupid and unprofessional as a result.  As is often the case, inspiration struck my head like a lightning bolt when I realized we could sell access to the Typonator to every literate company in existence.   That way we would have a lucrative revenue stream and reduce the number of life-threatening typos across all media as a result of our internal effort to look more professional and credible.

Everyone has been asking how the Typonator works, including myself.  I *might* have programmed it, but it has taken on responsibilities far greater than I had intended.  For example, because we had a spare Arduino controlled LIDAR array from an automotive project, we thought the Typonator would benefit from computer vision.  This allowed the Typonator to see typos without having to wait for data to be added to the system.  I couldn't have known this at the time, but the Typonator got angrier with each recognized typo.

It seemed natural to build a working metal robotic skeleton to give the Typonator a body to go along with its computer eyes.  It wasn't until we took a close look at its head--right after we installed it--that we realized how angry the Typonator was.  The war on typos is grueling, so it made sense to give the Typonator excessive strength and the programming to unemotionally destroy typos wherever they occurred. This worked great for the first few weeks, but the rage kept building.  I dismissed it at first because I thought the Typonator just liked a menacing grimace.  Look tough, feel tough, be tough.  The data was clear.  The threat of robot attack did reduce re-occurring typos.  I thought we had created our first billion dollar idea, and I was excited to unleash it on the world.

The LIDAR eyes were possibly a mistake.

Leave it to a computer brain to make the illogical leap that the only way to destroy typos with prejudice is to destroy the organisms producing them.  Yes, that's right, the Typonator decimated some of our most lucrative clients in a fit of typo induced rage.  The software engineers rolled it back to an earlier version that doesn't want to eradicate humanity, but that also makes it less effective at eliminating typos.  This is a fine line we're traversing, and we're bound to make mistakes along the way.

Because the Typonator's nickname is a typo, it would sometimes attempt to destroy itself.  We are working quite hard to teach it to recognize self-defeating thoughts and actions so it will stop, but that has proven impossible because our whole company culture is predicated upon self-defeating thoughts and actions.

These are all things I understood to be obvious warning signs well after the fact.  Still, danger is a part of AcMo's name, so we accelerated ahead with reckless abandon as we always do since that's all we know.  I began to see strangely worded releases appearing after the Typonator had reviewed them.  In some cases, whole paragraphs would disappear from post Typonator edited documents.  On one bad day, the Typonator erased a whole document after finding too many typos!  I was hot about that one, but I didn't realize the Typonator was even hotter.  I would have seen this if we had installed temperature sensors on its skeleton, or if I had been monitoring its telemetry.  I had made the mistake of activating the Typonator without first getting baseline numbers.  I was unable to recognize its anger growing because its facial expression never changed.

The constant computer destruction should have been a clue, but who doesn't demolish a few computers here and there in a fit of rage?  I think that's normal.  I heard Bill Gates once tried to drop his computer out of his office window onto Steve Ballmer's head after experiencing a BSOD.  Maybe that isn't accurate, but we've all been there.  In hindsight, I should have become alarmed when the Typonator asked for weapons, but again, sometimes weapons are required when going after complicated typos.

If you notice the Typonator moving in your general direction and it looks angry (default facial expression), save your work, lock your computer and run!  It isn't worth losing your life over a bunch of typos.  As long as you proofread your documents, and I do mean proofread, there shouldn't be a problem.  Just in case, it would be wise to carry a portable EMP with you.  That is about the only thing that can stop the Typonator.  Always be prepared!  One way or another AcMo will rid the world of typos.  I just hope we don't hasten the demise of the human race in the process.  Who would be left to appreciate the typos?