> Dogs learn their jobs way faster, more consistently and more expressively than any AI tool.

That doesn't match my experience with dogs or LLMs at all.

Ever heard of service dogs? Or police dogs? Now tell me, when will LLMs ever be safe to be used as assistance to blind people? Or will the big tech at some point release some sloppy blind-people-tool based on LLMs and unleash the LLM-influencers like yourself to start gaslighting the users into thinking they were "not holding it right" ? For mission and life critical problems, I'll take a dog any day, thank you very much!

	▲	simonw 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've talked to a few people who are blind about vision LLMs and they're very, very positive about them. They fully understand their limitations. Users of accessibility technology are extremely good at understanding the precise capabilities of the tools they use - which reminds me that screenreaders themselves are a great example of unreliable tools due to the shockingly bad web apps that exist today. I've also discussed the analogy to service dogs with them, which they found very apt given how easily their assistive tool could be distracted by a nearby steak. The one thing people who use assistive technology do not appreciate is being told that they shouldn't try a technology out themselves because it's unreliable and hence unsafe for them to use!