That's a wrap for the 2023 event. Here's a post with all 15 mains tags session and links to play them on-demand on YouTube. sighttechglobal.com/all-main…
Attending @GlobalSight virtual conference on December 7? Check out the "Why did the AI cross the street? The OKO app story" session on using AI to make street crossings safer for the #blind, co-moderated by SKERI engineer, Brandon Biggs sighttechglobal.com/agenda/?…
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A Virtual Conference
December 6-7, 2023
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Sight Tech Global is this week - Dec. 6-7. It's not too late to register (free, online) for two days of talks with the tops technologists working in assistive tech Get the lowdown on the huge impact of AI on AT. forms.gle/wWnjVKU5WEscyNs48
I'm beyond excited to see a story about the project many of us have been working on picked up by ABC national news. As we are about to enter field testing with students in the classroom with the Monarch tactile tablet, this was very timely. abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/new…
ALT Promotional post for the Sight Tech Global Virtual Conference on December 7, 2023, featuring Karthik Mahadevan from Envision. Image shows Karthik sitting on a stage with a microphone, in front of a sign that reads 'house vintage cellar SALA'. The background is yellow with black braille dots. Includes a button that reads 'More info in description'.
We are excited to announce that we have successfully integrated Be My AI within @Microsoft Disability Answer Desk! Starting today, Microsoft’s DAD will officially be powered by Be My AI, the Artificial Intelligence Visual Assistant from Be My Eyes! 🚀
ALT The photo shows a blind man walk across the street with a guide "dog" robot, a quadruped about the size of a small retriever. The text on th image says "The robot acts like a guide dog." The image is credited to the World Economic Forum.
Guess who is speaking at Sight Tech Global? Andrew Leland, author of "The Country of the Blind," which the Sight Tech team recommends very highly! Register today - it's free and online. sighttechglobal.com
ALT This image is the book cover of Andrew Leland's The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight. In addition to the book title, there is a white background on which there are artist illustrations of 16 different people at different life stages in every day situations that blind people experience, for example walking with a guide dog or cane. The illustrations are in warm colors and very charming.
The Be My Eyes team will be at Sight Tech Global to talk about their Big AI rollout - both an onstage interview and a live AMA breakout session. Don't miss it! Dec. 6-7. It's free and virtual. Register today. sighttechglobal.com
WOW - We just hit one million chats in Be My AI! 🥳
We are thrilled to announce that, two weeks after its official release, you have already experimented with Be My AI over 1,000,000 times, and your feedback has been phenomenal! 🤯
ALT Three iPhones showing the preview of the Be My AI interface, with different use cases in which pictures are described through Be My AI.
Are you ready for Sight Tech Global 2023? Generative AI and accessibility is front and center on the agenda. Dec. 6-7. Free | Virtual. Register today. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
1/2 At Sight Tech Global last December we had two sessions that foreshadowed all the chatGPT excitement in recent weeks. The first was a dialogue with AI experts @GaryMarcus and David Ferrucci from @elementalcog on the limitations of AI. sighttechglobal.com/session/…
2/2 And the second session: "AI Permeates our Lives. Now what?" with @juttatrevira and Clayton Lewis and Merv Hickok was hugely informative. Check it out. sighttechglobal.com/session/…
Signed the public letter urging temporary pause on training systems exceeding GPT-4, in my capacity as founder of @GlobalSight and author of "The Threat of Artificial Intelligence," in First Things (August 2021). Did not think we would get here so fast... firstthings.com/article/2021…