Hey so like we all know that everything those Meta glasses see gets sorted through by sweatshop workers right?
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@magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot describing the world around the person, reading text, navigation and now the facial recognition let's them know they are looking at their wife, and not a stranger. The basic things that I take for granted, these glasses give to people with varying visual impairments. No one is happy Meta is behind this, but I can understand the arguments for using glasses with these capabilities.
@justinto @magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot All of that is perfectly possible with a cheaper device and with no internet connection. The software side is kind of lacking (it works but it's not easy to set up at the moment) but it's still proof that you don't need to depend on a corporation that spy on us for any of that.
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@magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot describing the world around the person, reading text, navigation and now the facial recognition let's them know they are looking at their wife, and not a stranger. The basic things that I take for granted, these glasses give to people with varying visual impairments. No one is happy Meta is behind this, but I can understand the arguments for using glasses with these capabilities.
@justinto @jackemled @PallasRiot
You didn't answer my question. What specific accessibility issues do the Meta glasses address that aren't already addressed by the current options?
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@justinto @jackemled @PallasRiot
You didn't answer my question. What specific accessibility issues do the Meta glasses address that aren't already addressed by the current options?
@magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot I gave you an answer, and if it was insufficient, I'm sure you can find someone better informed to ask or try a search engine
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@justinto @magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot All of that is perfectly possible with a cheaper device and with no internet connection. The software side is kind of lacking (it works but it's not easy to set up at the moment) but it's still proof that you don't need to depend on a corporation that spy on us for any of that.
@starsider @magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot 100% but no one else is buidling it. This is not cutting edge tech but there would likely be a lot of liability directly making this a medical devices and far less profit. This is exactly like air pods becoming hearing aids. I hate Meta. We can always point to what can be done, but these are here now and I can't tell someone who's life could improved by the technology not to use it. I still dislike it alot, but the world is bigger than me
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@starsider @magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot 100% but no one else is buidling it. This is not cutting edge tech but there would likely be a lot of liability directly making this a medical devices and far less profit. This is exactly like air pods becoming hearing aids. I hate Meta. We can always point to what can be done, but these are here now and I can't tell someone who's life could improved by the technology not to use it. I still dislike it alot, but the world is bigger than me
@justinto @magreggins @jackemled @PallasRiot How are you so sure "nobody is building it"?
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And I saw folks arguing recently that it's justified for some people to wear Meta glasses because of their disability and like...I'm sorry but if that's you I think you need to know you're a rube. Every single time these tech barons invent a new perversion to rob people with they argue it will help disabled people. Not only does it never work out but also none of these tech companies bother doing even basic things to accommodate disability. You really want to argue that disabled people should be subjected to Zuckerberg's panopticon? For the sake of what poorly put together bullshit exactly?
Tbh at some point if you're arguing that the tech barons are helping disabled people I kind of suspect you just don't care for disabled people very much. Please take to heart that this is always a scam argument.
@PallasRiot On a related note, I haven't heard the "ChatGPT helps people who can't write good to send better cover letters and get jobs they wouldn't have before; and if you're against LLM slop you're an elitist snob who hates poor people" line for some time now. I wonder what happened ...
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