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\n Understanding WCAG
May 1, 2024 • 4+ min read
Continuing the topic on what accessibility "is", I start to look into WCAG. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG, are a set of recommendations for making web content more accessible to disabled persons. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) established these as part of their Web Accessibility Initiative.
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\n Disability and Accessible Gaming
April 28, 2024 • 7 min read
Every day, billions of people play video games worldwide, and a sizable portion of them activate accessibility features. This isn't just about disability inclusion, although that's vitally important. This article is based on my takeaways from SXSW 2024 and the session "Designing Accessible Games for All to Play".
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\n The Rise of Emergent Intelligence
April 26, 2024 • 3 min read
For decades, the pursuit of artificial intelligence followed a rules-based approach. Systems were methodically programmed using precisely calibrated logic and knowledge bases defined by human professionals. While this traditional method produced early triumphs in restricted fields such as games and process optimization, it eventually proved restrictive. Artificial intelligence remained an enormously hard challenge, appearing impenetrable through the simple coding of rules and logic.
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\n What Do We Mean by Disability?
April 24, 2024 • 5+ min read
Digital accessibility is crucial for ensuring universal internet access and use. Individuals with disabilities use a range of assistive tools and tactics to use the internet, and it is critical that developers offer accessible material that matches their requirements.
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\n AI Transforming Healthcare
April 19, 2024 • 3+ min read
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our medical systems promises to bring about revolutionary advancements in healthcare. To some, this means an exciting crossroads where AI has the ability to improve patient outcomes and create new roles in the healthcare industry. To others, it raises concerns over their value in current roles and the possibility of being replaced by these advancements in technology.
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\n What About Accessibility?
April 17, 2024 • 3 min read
Ever feel like you're battling an invisible enemy that seems to be holding you back or making your daily life a little harder? Turns out, I was! It wasn't the revelation that I was living with my own challenges, but more so the realization that countless others are living with both visible and invisible disabilities.
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\n Reflecting on Beyond ChatGPT
April 9, 2024 • 3+ min read
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is actively Involved In promoting artificial intelligence (AI) research and development. A fact which I was admittedly unaware. Since the 1960s they have funded initiatives that aim to harness AI's capabilities to address societal challenges, enhance competitiveness, and promote responsible and ethical AI practices. The NSF seeks to provide researchers with the necessary resources, including computational infrastructure and access to pre-trained models, to advance AI innovation.
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\n Ethical AI
April 5, 2024 • 6+ min read
When you think about AI (Artificial Intelligence) what about it can help us to create a better society? A society that will accommodate citizens, whether they are patients or consumers, and will give them an opportunity to lead a flourishing and good life together?
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\n Deep Fakes and the Shifting Landscape of Trust
April 1, 2024 • 5 min read
I attended a number of great sessions at SXSW 2024 related to AI and one that really resonated with me was on the topic of deep fakes and detecting the use of AI when confronted with something controversial or out of the norm.