SXSW 2025

Disabling AI - How to Make Machines See Disabled People

Description:

Whether you are a coder, product owner or brand marketer, an estimated 20% of your audience has a disability. As we push more into common usage of AIs using models built on unknowable data sets, how can we ensure that this community is seen? Join a creative technologist and an expert on disability inclusion as they walk through examples of machine learning designed for people in the disabled community, and outline specific steps for AI development that will ensure no one is left behind.


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Takeaways

  1. Learn the difference between performative and authentic technology, and how the diminished visibility of disabled persons within AI is untenable.
  2. What specific steps should I take when developing AI technology or products to avoid ignoring or harming people with disabilities.
  3. Understand more about the confluence of accessibility and artificial intelligence that builds innovation for everyone.

Speakers

  • Josh Loebner, Global Head of Inclusive Design, VML
  • Jason Carmel, Global Lead Creative Data, VML

Organizer

Josh Loebner, Global Head of Inclusive Design, VML


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Presentation
  • Track: Artificial Intelligence
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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