Ethan Marcotte on Nostr: “Creating AI caricatures of disabled people does not help us dismantle systemic ...
“Creating AI caricatures of disabled people does not help us dismantle systemic ableism. By taking us out of the equation, and positioning fake, digital characters as more credible narrators of our stories than we who actually live those stories, accessibility is literally dehumanized.”
Ashlee M Boyer’s response to an “AI”-enabled “accessibility” product is very good, and worth your time:
https://ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-dehumanize-accessibility-with-ai/Published at
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