Because the AI has to do the work of translating the image to text before deciding what to do with it

    • Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nl
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah, I think it’s the decent thing to do, ever since the early days of alt in html. I do hope it’s useful to humans, but it’s probably also true that AI is vacuuming it all up as well.

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      17 hours ago

      This is my one “insane belief that I’m positive will be proven true in a few years” and I’m sticking to it.

      Everyone’s got one 😂

      How many times have you seen a comment “Thanks for the transcript!”? I think I’ve seen one once

      Blind folk aren’t reading memes, they’re listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Think about it. A transcribed meme isn’t funny in the slightest so what would be the point?

      The ai companies got themselves a ton of free labour

      I’m not going to say “die on this hill” because it’s more of a mountain but yeah