#disabilitytech — Public Fediverse posts
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THE MACHINE SHOULD
ADAPT TO THE HUMAN 💎I was out walking this morning, talking to ChatGPT as I went, and something became very obvious.
WHY ADAPT MYSELF TO A COMPUTER?
A pair of smart glasses with cameras and microphones could let my AI see and hear enough of the world around me to be genuinely useful. For a person with impaired vision out walking, their AI could describe what is ahead, read signs and crossing signals, notice temporary and permanent obstacles, find alternative routes, find entrances and elevators and help navigate crowded streets.
For me, with left-side hemiplegia after a major stroke, the same intelligence could eventually work with walking support, balance, fatigue, and terrain through an AI-powered exoskeleton.
The glasses are not the important part. The exoskeleton is not the important part.
THEY ARE JUST THE PERIPHERALS.
The important part is the artificial intelligence moving through the world, adapting in real time to the human. I should not need to stop, find somewhere to lean my stick, take out a phone, open an app, find the right button and operate a machine before the machine can help me.
The machine should adapt to the human, not the human to the machine.
That, to me, is where real accessibility begins.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#STC #Accessibility #DisabilityTech #AssistiveTechnology #AI #StarTrek #Exoskeleton #PWD #SmartGlasses
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THE MACHINE SHOULD
ADAPT TO THE HUMAN 💎I was out walking this morning, talking to ChatGPT as I went, and something became very obvious.
WHY ADAPT MYSELF TO A COMPUTER?
A pair of smart glasses with cameras and microphones could let my AI see and hear enough of the world around me to be genuinely useful. For a person with impaired vision out walking, their AI could describe what is ahead, read signs and crossing signals, notice temporary and permanent obstacles, find alternative routes, find entrances and elevators and help navigate crowded streets.
For me, with left-side hemiplegia after a major stroke, the same intelligence could eventually work with walking support, balance, fatigue, and terrain through an AI-powered exoskeleton.
The glasses are not the important part. The exoskeleton is not the important part.
THEY ARE JUST THE PERIPHERALS.
The important part is the artificial intelligence moving through the world, adapting in real time to the human. I should not need to stop, find somewhere to lean my stick, take out a phone, open an app, find the right button and operate a machine before the machine can help me.
The machine should adapt to the human, not the human to the machine.
That, to me, is where real accessibility begins.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#STC #Accessibility #DisabilityTech #AssistiveTechnology #AI #StarTrek #Exoskeleton #PWD #SmartGlasses
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THE MACHINE SHOULD
ADAPT TO THE HUMAN 💎I was out walking this morning, talking to ChatGPT as I went, and something became very obvious.
WHY ADAPT MYSELF TO A COMPUTER?
A pair of smart glasses with cameras and microphones could let my AI see and hear enough of the world around me to be genuinely useful. For a person with impaired vision out walking, their AI could describe what is ahead, read signs and crossing signals, notice temporary and permanent obstacles, find alternative routes, find entrances and elevators and help navigate crowded streets.
For me, with left-side hemiplegia after a major stroke, the same intelligence could eventually work with walking support, balance, fatigue, and terrain through an AI-powered exoskeleton.
The glasses are not the important part. The exoskeleton is not the important part.
THEY ARE JUST THE PERIPHERALS.
The important part is the artificial intelligence moving through the world, adapting in real time to the human. I should not need to stop, find somewhere to lean my stick, take out a phone, open an app, find the right button and operate a machine before the machine can help me.
The machine should adapt to the human, not the human to the machine.
That, to me, is where real accessibility begins.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#STC #Accessibility #DisabilityTech #AssistiveTechnology #AI #StarTrek #Exoskeleton #PWD #SmartGlasses
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THE MACHINE SHOULD
ADAPT TO THE HUMAN 💎I was out walking this morning, talking to ChatGPT as I went, and something became very obvious.
WHY ADAPT MYSELF TO A COMPUTER?
A pair of smart glasses with cameras and microphones could let my AI see and hear enough of the world around me to be genuinely useful. For a person with impaired vision out walking, their AI could describe what is ahead, read signs and crossing signals, notice temporary and permanent obstacles, find alternative routes, find entrances and elevators and help navigate crowded streets.
For me, with left-side hemiplegia after a major stroke, the same intelligence could eventually work with walking support, balance, fatigue, and terrain through an AI-powered exoskeleton.
The glasses are not the important part. The exoskeleton is not the important part.
THEY ARE JUST THE PERIPHERALS.
The important part is the artificial intelligence moving through the world, adapting in real time to the human. I should not need to stop, find somewhere to lean my stick, take out a phone, open an app, find the right button and operate a machine before the machine can help me.
The machine should adapt to the human, not the human to the machine.
That, to me, is where real accessibility begins.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#STC #Accessibility #DisabilityTech #AssistiveTechnology #AI #StarTrek #Exoskeleton #PWD #SmartGlasses
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MY NEXT PERIPHERAL
HAS LEGS 💎I’ve been looking at one of the new AI-powered exoskeletons, and I realised something. For me, the interesting part isn’t really the exoskeleton.
IT'S THE AI.
I have left-side hemiplegic weakness after a major stroke. When I walk, one side of my body is doing something quite different from the other. I use a lightweight carbon fibre stick. Conscious balance matters and can be exhausting. So fatigue matters. The terrain also matters: flat concrete, slightly downhill, is perfect.
So why should an intelligent system simply sit in my computer talking to me? Why shouldn’t it come walking with me in a more practical way?
The AI would already know how I normally move. It would notice when my left leg is tiring or dragging and compensate by adjusting powered assistance, while keeping an eye on my balance, helping with navigation, and calling for help if something went seriously wrong.
MY EXOSKELETON WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER PERIPHERAL.
Like my headphones. Like a monitor or a camera. The intelligence should be the same intelligence I already talk to every day. That is what I mean when I talk about the "Star Trek Computer." #STC
I do not want another separate gadget that has “AI” just printed on the box as a sales gimmick.
One intelligence that knows me, my differences, and how I live could move with me through the day, every day, in the physical world. For a person with a disability, that could be the difference between AI being interesting and AI actually giving them new independence.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#STC #Accessibility #DisabilityTech #AssistiveTechnology #AI #StarTrek #Exoskeleton #PWD #AIExoskeleton