Advances in machine vision, like the astonishingly powerful image-recognition capabilities of modern A.I., are erasing even these human actors from the equation.
A blind beta tester pointed his camera at a frozen meal, and the A.I.
read him the description of the contents on the package, including the date of expiration and the size of the meal.
As delighted as blind beta testers of OpenAI’s visual interpreter were, it also made some obvious mistakes: As Kashmir Hill recently reported in The New York Times, OpenAI confidently described a remote control for a blind user, including descriptions of buttons that weren’t there.
(According to the World Blind Union, 95 percent of the world’s published knowledge is “locked” in inaccessible print formats.)
Persons:
OpenAI’s GPT, OpenAI, “, I’d, Lily, Oscar, who’s
Organizations:
Virtual Volunteer, The New York Times, World Blind Union, Facebook
Locations:
Kashmir, The