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I’m Totally Blind. Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Me Rediscover the World.
I used to depend on what others could tell me about my surroundings. A.I. changed everything.
Most of my camera roll was filled with photos taken for others to appreciate, since no one could sit for hours with me to describe the way the sea crashed against the rocks or the details of a busy, lively street in Italy. Microsoft had already given us Seeing AI, which in a very rudimentary way provided a rough idea of what was going on in the images we shared, and which allowed us—again, in a fairly basic way—to interact with information contained in written texts. All the photos that were gathering dust in my camera roll came to life before me, transformed into vivid descriptions of moments and situations, of people who are no longer with me and whom I never thought I could visualize on my own without having to ask a loved one.
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