Tldr: Theyre adding an opt-in alt text generation for blind people and an opt-in ai chat sidebar where you can choose the model used (includes self-hosted ones)

  • T (they/she)
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    03 months ago

    Can you elaborate? I would love to learn more about the alternative suggestions

    • @[email protected]
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      03 months ago

      Because good alt text needs to be highly context dependant, so you can’t automate it. The better alternatives we have right now are crowd-sourced alt text sites, where volunteers may generate descriptions.

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        3 months ago

        I think you have a very optimistic view on how far crowd sourcing this is going to take us.

        BTW, you think web developers aren’t already using editors that use AI to generate alt text automatically? AI alt text is going to be everywhere regardless.

        Also I’m not saying that’s a good thing. It’s just an inevitable thing.

      • xor
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        03 months ago

        There’s plenty of situations where even a contextless generated alt-text is a huge improvement on no alt-text at all