Aaron on Nostr: The reason is that alt text is scraped in order to train multimodal text + image ...

The reason is that alt text is scraped in order to train multimodal text + image models.

But for anyone who actually listens to the blind community, it doesn't take long to learn that these models are pretty important to a lot of people for accessibility. And regardless, alt text is directly helpful. I'm happy to put my displeasure with big tech on hold for things that genuinely improve people's lives.