AI Meets Accessibility: A Conversation with Ioana Tanase and Christina Mallon

AI Meets Accessibility: A Conversation with Ioana Tanase and Christina Mallon

37mGeneral2024-03-19

Authors

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Senior Staff Instructor, Speaker, Web Designer, and Software Developer

Course details

Artificial Intelligence can be both a boon and a challenge for people with disabilities and people with various accessibility needs. In this conversation, Accessibility Program Manager Ioana Tanase and Principal Director of Inclusive Design Christina Mallon from Microsoft join LinkedIn Senior Staff Instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen for an in-depth discussion of how AI impacts accessibility, and inclusive design.

Learning objectives
Accessibility considerations when using AI
How AI bias impacts people with disabilities
How to build responsible and inclusive AI products

Skills covered

AccessibilityDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)Artificial Intelligence FoundationsUser ExperienceArtificial Intelligence (AI)One-Off

Concepts

Introduction

  • AI, assistive technologies, and inclusive design

The AI and Ally Intersection

  • How language shapes your understanding of disability
  • Harms to representation posed by AI
  • Contextualizing disability
  • How AI impacts accessibility
  • Accessibility is for everyone
  • Mitigating the harms of AI for people with disabilities
  • Creating robust feedback loops

The Future of Accessibility with AI

  • Staying positive about AI and accessibility
  • Stepping into the future together
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