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Mozilla rolls out first AI features in Firefox Nightly, and theyre actually useful. (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Blisterexe@lemmy.zip to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Tldr: Theyre adding an opt-in alt text generation for blind people and an opt-in ai chat sidebar where you can choose the model used (includes self-hosted ones)

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[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why isn't it useful?

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's not blind! What's he supposed to do with such a dumb feature?? /s

[–] pitbuster@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because good alt text needs a lot of context, so it must be done by humans for humans at our current state of tech,

[–] johnyma22@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The old 'let perfection be the enemy of good' argument..

Surely this is a step in the right direction?

[–] pitbuster@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

It's not, listen to the blind community instead of making assumptions (I mentioned that in my first comment).