1、From Practice to Perception:How Blind People Use and Understand Generative AIMaitraye DasNortheastern Universityma.dasnortheastern.eduGenerative AI(GenAI)A type of artificial intelligence that can create new content,such as text,images,music,or code.Works by learning patterns from large amounts of e
2、xisting data.Then uses that knowledge to generate new content based on user prompts or instructions.Generative AI(GenAI)Common examples Chatbots Text generators Code assistants Image creation tools Image description toolsMidjourneyResearch on GenAI Use Inaccurate responses can limit reliability and
3、lead to unsafe use Budhiraja 24;Amoozadeh 24 Users may develop erroneous mental models of GenAI tools Zhang 24;Liao 24How do blind people use and understand GenAI tools?1.Rudaiba Adnin and Maitraye Das.2024.I look at it as the king of knowledge:How Blind People Use and Understand Generative AI Tools
4、.In Proceedings of the International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility,(ASSETS 24).2.Maitraye Das,Alex Fiannaca,Meredith Ringel Morris,Shaun Kane,and Cynthia Bennett.2024.From Provenance to Aberrations:Image Creator and Screen Reader User Perspectives on Alt Text for AI-Generat
5、ed Images.InProceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI 24).Method Interviews and observation with 19 blind screen reader users Participants used GenAI chatbots e.g.,ChatGPT,Gemini,Claude Image description tool e.g.,Be My AIFindings Accessibility issues in GenAI tools
6、 Use cases of GenAI Inaccuracies and idiosyncrasies of GenAI Users mental models of GenAI Biases and Harms of GenAIAccessibility issues in GenAI tools Buttons to copy,regenerate,and upvote/downvote responses unlabeled Lack of heading and landmarks makes it hard to navigate using screen readers Users