Comment on Mozilla Firefox new alt-text generator powered by "fully private on-device AI model"
ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoWell I do agree it’ll be useful for people who need it, but for most people it’s pretty pointless and I hope at least they don’t enable it by default just like Windoze sticky key because ai use a lot of system resources for a little benefits especially with self hosted ai
frogman@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
beehaw is a safe-space, we shouldnt villify the experiences/needs of people who need alt-text. this could be game changing for people who need it.
bl4kers@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Alternatively, it could be very frustrating for people who need it. Computer-generated translations are often very bad compared to human ones, and image recognition adds another layer of complexity that will very likely lack nuance. It could create a false sense of accessibility with bad alt-text, and could make it more difficult to spot real alt-text if it isn’t being tagged or labeled as AI generated
frogman@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
i don’t think we disagree in a vacuum but bringing that up in the context of this particular thread is probably unhelpful