the, come si dice, "discourse" around AI for accessibility/alt-text is so spiritless, so desiccated. one of the great pillars of Being Human is finding empathy and spectrality and wonder in other Humans — the manual task of writing careful, magnificent alt text is a prayer of empathy and joy - ThreadSky

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strange.website • 86 days ago

the, come si dice, "discourse" around AI for accessibility/alt-text is so spiritless, so desiccated. one of the great pillars of Being Human is finding empathy and spectrality and wonder in other Humans — the manual task of writing careful, magnificent alt text is a prayer of empathy and joy

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strange.website•86 days ago

this is why AI for art, for writing, etc, is so dreadfully misguided. it is a miracle to be a human in an awkward, curious struggle to reach out & touch your fellow humans. human connection is fraught, and it is astounding. what a strange privilege it is, to know and to tend to the needs of others

strange.website•86 days ago

in the age of ceaseless connectivity, connection grows scarce and distrustful and timid. write your poetry by hand, write your tedious email correspondence by hand, write your alt text by hand.

strange.website•86 days ago

last thing i’ll say is that every disabled person & a11y expert will explain that you owe it to disabled folks to write alt text by hand

but more than that, your time on this earth is finite & peculiar, & your soul is enriched by expressing itself — you owe it to them, but you owe it to *yourself*

strange.website•85 days ago

@kayserifserif.place reminded me of this very nice very topical poem

https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper

thejohnnyhill.com•86 days ago

Amen

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