AI and Accessibility: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethics

Focus: AI and Disability/Outliers

Source: Canadian Accessibility Network

Readability: Expert

Type: Video

Open Source: Yes

External URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_qKLRW8Tq4

Keywords: N/A

Learn Tags: AI and Machine Learning Accessibility Disability Bias Ethics Fairness We Count at Large

Summary: Jutta Treviranus was a panelist at the Canadian Accessibility Network’s 2024 annual conference. Along with the other panelists, Jutta discussed how AI can enhance access to services for people with disabilities, such as improving data analysis and decision-making tools and making workplaces more inclusive. They also explored the challenges AI creates, such as the risk of excluding individuals and groups if the technology isn’t (co-)designed with all users’ needs in mind.