Post #4086984

2026-07-24 10:44 UTC

@baldur@toot.cafe Slightly off topic, but this reminds me of something... Something that isn't talked about enough in the AI and disability discussion is how many creative careers (and software development too) were taken up by neurodivergent people who could take advantage of the flexible hours and work from home opportunities. These are often quite important accessibility needs that aren't readily imparted by employers. Nowadays if someone wants a piece of work flexibly and via a computer, they can prompt a chatbot for a "good enough" result. The result of this is while some disabled people are talking about AI's accessibility potential (e.g. for describing images), other disabled people (including myself!) are finding themselves in an extremely precarious position thanks to AI displacement

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@baldur@toot.cafe 2026-07-24 10:50

@brib@bribstodon.xyz Absolutely. I've been thinking along the same lines lately. Between writing and coding, I've managed to build a career working from home (every time I've had a job that required working from the office I've basically collapsed mentally after 2-3 years) and now both are being threatened. What accessibility benefits might be had from the tech are not worth the harm it does to others

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@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social 2026-07-24 10:50

@brib@bribstodon.xyz @baldur@toot.cafe I saw a pretty good meme about that a while back but won't be able to find it back. It went somewhat like "We wanted robots to do our household chores so we could be creative. Instead they made robots that are creative and we're left with the chores."

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