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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 4 months ago

AI-generated alt-text for images in PDFs: Oh fuck right off.

why so negative? this is actually great for accessibility, especially when the majority of people don't care about alt text (especially in pdfs)

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 35 points 4 months ago

Excellent example of good usercase for AI

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I was kind of taken aback by how genuinely useful this is. So much of this generative AI stuff is marketed for tasks where it is simply inadequate. But in this case, a text that's 90% accurate is a massive improvement from there usually not being alt text at all.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 15 points 4 months ago

True, my initial reaction was hasty. It took me a good twenty minutes to see why it was right. Mozilla should've spent a few more minutes thinking about it.

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