✨pencilears✨
@stefan I've seen the results of automatic alt text using an AI, and I would say the results range from missing the point of the image to flat out wrong.
I think blind people and people on slow Internet connections (like me!) don't deserve to be fed automated disinformation, and honestly I would prefer no alt text at all if accuracy is impossible.
BeAware :fediverse:
@pencilears @stefan take a look at these.
https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/112941735270613524
https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware/112944611742931585
The alt texts here and most alt texts for images I post, are made with ChatGPT and copied verbatim.
✨pencilears✨
@BeAware @stefan the 2nd one is reasonable because it contextualizes the meme, the first one is not because again, the meme remains without context.
I don't see how putting this through chat got is less trouble than just writing out your own text.
BeAware :fediverse:
@pencilears @stefan I have ADHD and my brain sometimes cannot put the right words together.
BeAware :fediverse:
@pencilears @stefan 👍 everyone is different.
✨pencilears✨
BeAware :fediverse:
@pencilears @stefan nah, I won't be less accessible for the blind folks in my circle, that's asinine.
I did a poll recently for this exact thing and 10/10 people that answered said theyd rather me use AI for alt text than not at all. So that's what I'll continue doing.
✨pencilears✨
@BeAware @stefan it's just, if alt text is too much effort? don't do it.
You could use the #Alt4Me hashtag and someone else can write it up for you if you still want things accessable, but you're sacrificing too much quality with chatGPT.
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