Post #2528147

2026-05-14 14:16 UTC

Want a freebie? Sure, I can do that! 1. Can #AI improve accessibility on the web? - Yeah probably. 2. Can it do it without supervision? - No. It almost habitually screws up the simplest of things because the training data is you lot's semantically terrible code. :P 3. Can it save time in making things accessible? - Yeah, provided someone competent is at the helm, see also q2. 4. DO humans need to be in the loop? - yes, see q2. 5. Are random big-tech officials making (generating?) 50-minute presentations to augment the echo chamber of this being a solved problem full of it? - That would be a yes. 6. Are they actually causing harm by not actually including the audience they are claiming to help? - Absolutely, please stop f***ing doing that. 7. Is this a terrible look near #GAAD where we need to convince others we care about #accessibility for one day of the year? - oh yeah.

Replies (3)

@zersiax@cupoftea.social 2026-05-19 20:43

Considering showing off some actual #accessibility related work with #AI adjacent tech for #GAAD on stream Thursday to put my money where my mouth is and actually show off what a person who's meant to benefit from all this does with it. Give a bit of pushback to the whole " look, we made tool so your ass is legally covered" crowd. Good idea?

Open ##3211572
@NinjaNia@beige.party 2026-05-14 21:25

@zersiax@cupoftea.social thank you. I'm someone who needs online accessibility and I am tired of being told what will help me by sighted people who have never struggled a day in their lives. A.I. will never help me because it is being trained by ableist able bodied people.

Open ##3211573
@mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca 2026-05-15 00:48

@zersiax@cupoftea.social Visit: www.viarail.com And yeah, 1 day in the year? Stupidity!

Open ##3211574