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Generative AI holds great potential for those with disabilities - but it needs policy to shape it
Generative AI can support disabilities, but it also poses risks associated with transparency, understanding systems outcomes and cognitive silos
Yonah Welker is a public technologist with work encompassing algorithms, emerging technologies, and policies, addressing society, human capacity, designated groups and spectrums such as social, expressive and human-centered AI, robotics, emerging learning, work, health, public and economic solutions. It includes the co-creation of emerging technologies and algorithms, screening, evaluating and cooperating with national, public and private projects, cohorts, ecosystems and funds, contributing suggestions to repositories and frameworks.
Prior to it, Yonah Welker was co-founder of Hardwaretech think tank, cocreated and screened tech ventures and projects, served as an evaluator and expert for technology transfer and innovation ecosystems, including funds, authorities, EU-Commission funded projects, curated initiatives of AI for humanity, humanitarian and cross-national initiatives. Yonah Welker has provided over a hundred appearances and commentary, addressing social technologies and policies.
Generative AI can support disabilities, but it also poses risks associated with transparency, understanding systems outcomes and cognitive silos
By 2050, it's predicted that 3.5 billion people will need one or more assistive technology products. Here's how sovereign funds can close the funding gap.
残疾人的失业率可能高达80%,而在自闭症等人群中,这个数字可能还会更高。人工智能可以解决认知多样性及其他残疾人在日常生活中面临的一些挑战和歧视。然而,在开发辅助技术时,我们需要克服数据偏见、历史性排斥和研究匮乏等问题。
La diversidad cognitiva suele caracterizarse por la exclusión social. Las tecnologías de asistencia basadas en la IA pueden hacer frente a estos problemas, pero deben desarrollarse de for...
Cognitive diversity is often marked by social exclusion and AI-based assistive technologies can address such challenges, but must be developed inclusively.