@lukesteuber.substack.com
Ethical, accessible, small language models for accessibility The rules: • open source • resource efficient • must run at home privately • no image generation • no journalism or creative writing also, there’s no such thing as AI lukesteuber.substack.com
I don’t know who’s been tracking the saga of the alt text generator recently, but long story short is I built a new model, it worked well, and then I found out CSAM was used in its original training
So I rebuilt, it’s back, and it’s still very fast, but a bit stupider than it was recently
I sorry
I forget who was asking for it, but I brought the Semitic/Perso-Arabic local language model back online. There are some starter questions in Urdu and Hebrew, etc
I don’t think people have really bothered to do dynamic right to left support, and I wanted to, so here we are. It’s probably broken lol
I made a little site to consolidate a bunch of things I’ve shared here (or built for here). Among other things:
• alt text generator
• bipolar resources
• accessibility list
• data visualizations
• blueFlyer posting tool
• social account finder
• source code, much more, etc
assisted.site/bluesky
High res image of the day: frequency and impact of autoimmune disorders!
Recommended, this is legit informative
I can do that! I had it working but it apparently was saying nonsense half of the time in PT-BR 😂 I'll work on it
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I'm testing a new version of the Alt Text Generator that uses a different model to be *theoretically* better at text. Again this is all local, uses minimal resources, stores no data, and can't train.
But I'm not sold on this model; let me know what you think. I get some great responses, but ....
The power is out here because of the atmospheric river, which means the alt text robot is down for right now
:(
Stay tuned, it shouldn’t take too long
In related news - I need to use this account more!
I’ll try to make a point of posting here first and reposting from main. I know for a fact people want the tools without my nonsense 😉
Also check out the new non-alt description options
I should add some like “interpret this as a dog” just for a dumb laugh
I need to fix the domain redirect on this link
for now assisted.space does the direct bluesky post convenient alt generation, and actuallyusefulai.com/alt is the main one with TTS etc
If you save those, I’ll make sure they redirect of things move
damn I just looked and the alt generator hit 350,000 images
That is wild, you people are great
(obligatory reminder - this is a small computer vision model; private, local, no plagiarism, no image generation, takes about as much power as an Xbox)
I should use this account for this stuff but I should NOT have AI in the handle 🤣 bad branding joke
These companies fucked us comp ling people so bad. @coolhand is blocked by shitloads of people just because of careless lists where people don’t get this work is 0% OpenAI, etc etc
We’ll get there
Moving updates on the alt text & mental health tools here to separate @coolhand.bsky.social’s other nonsense!
V2.3 - correctly creates text to speech audio in chosen language
All else working! Free! Use it! Share it! “What makes things easier for everyone makes them possible for someone”
Super high res graphic of the day: National Institute of Health (NICE) guidance on referrals for adult cancers! Sound fun? It's not. But it's informative and very well visualized!
As always:
• do not Dx yourself
• patreon is free for graphics, just click and zoom
• alt text is description
COOL
Map of Scotch Whiskeys! This is pretty 😎
As always, it's free (Patreon is host for resolution), alt text is description; click and ZOoOOm!
Dog behaviors by breed! The organization here is a bit confusing, but still fun to zoom in and check out.
Description is alt text; Patreon is free, just hosting for resolution. Click and explore!
Comic book character kingdom! Organized by genus of animal. Pretty cool stuff to zoom in on!
Patreon is free, just hosted for resolution. Click and explore!
World Development Summit: UN Report Card for Humanity
Not that great ... but in some cases not that bad.
Vintage high res graphic: Meteorology diagram!
This one is just cool. Library of Congress scan so very high quality; description is alt text as usual; click and zoom!
Super high res graphic of the day: The Phylogenetic Tree of Life!
Highly recommended, I learned a lot from this one. Click and zoom!
High res graphic of the day: Movements of the Waters (1862)!
Pretty cool to see ocean currents visualized back then. I wonder how much longer ours will resemble them!
Super high res graphic of the day: American Airlines System Map, 1947!
This is pretty cool and highly topical right now. Check out the advertising back then ... surprising to me there were so many flights at that point.
Patreon just hosting; click and zoom; description is alt text
High res graphic of the day: The Companies Disney Owns
Pretty wild to zoom in on. Description is alt text; no further comment
Collection of some of the best at the highest resolution available. Check it out!
14.03.2024 00:18 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Oh I’m not it was a happy …
Wait a minute, wrong alt 😆
Whoa! Thank you for sharing!
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