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@cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family sorry cassidy, i didn't even notice. i have dark reader on all the time for this precise reason... most websites still don't respect the system theme and i get a headache within a couple seconds of seeing a white background. i just assume web #a11y is broken and don't even take the risk.
dropping niki from the cc because i was on the fence about tagging him in the first place and your message is probably sufficient here, if it's a thing he wants to fix.
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@ju@chaos.social @innocentzero@mastodon.social i think it's worth it to unpack "bollocks in programming" ... these things aren't programmers. they're just text regurgitation machines. setting the ethi
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@ju@chaos.social @innocentzero@mastodon.social i should probably clarify that just because i happen to have a severe eye injury doesn't mean i'm defending the use of llms as an #a11y tool in the face of the ethical concerns. my reply was only about the quality of their output.
as far as #a11y is concerned, llms are a bit like fake meat: only someone born into a life of eating meat wants simulated meat when they become vegetarian. it's a very temporary bridge. people who grow up vegetarian are usually disgusted by fake meat.
similarly, only people who once could code will experience llms as #a11y ... someone *born* with optic nerve damage probably won't choose to spend time programming just because llms make that experience kinda-tolerable. it's a life they never knew and it's doubtful a typing assistant will make that life appealing.
just a data point.
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