ChanceyFleet on Nostr: Simultaneously far better than nothing, and a threat to human-created alt text. AI ...

Simultaneously far better than nothing, and a threat to human-created alt text. AI descriptions tend to use very normcore, Halmark-esque language. Every photo with a puppy is heartwarming, every photo with a couch is cozy. I fear that institutions will adopt AI descriptions as a perceived time-saver, and the gains we’ve made in human alt text literacy will be wiped out.