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Maybe we just … specify that our content is not AI?

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you know what, fuck it, im choosing violence today. notbyai.fyi is an ai industry op to let corporations hide their ai usage and i can fucking prove it. tl;dr: it's actually pretty pro-ai, it's made by an ai bro, it's directly enriching ai companies by giving them your data, and its whole purpose is to let ai companies declare their work ai-free even if they use ai because of the 90% rule (i'll be listing things in order from the page, but read on to find the 90% rule) the analytics and tracking cookies from known major ai companies: bing (microsoft), youtube (google), clarity (microsoft). these cookies last anywhere from 6 months to over a year the "chart" directly under their mission statement specifically calls out the problem of training ai on ai-generated images the first paragraph in their mission statement begins by mentioning "help audiences identify human-generated content" and then ends with some real tescreal shit about the advancement of humanity > The Not By AIĀ® badges are created to encourage more humans to produce original content and help audiences identify human-generated content. The ultimate goal is to make sure humanity continues to advance. this quote from further down their mission statement makes it clear that the site is *definitely* pro-AI, and has yet more tescreal pro-ai-but-what-if-it-replaces-us shit > It is worth mentioning that AI technologies mark a major milestone in the history of technology and the Not By AI badge is not designed to discourage the use of AI. Instead, it is to make sure that, while we celebrate the achievement, we work with AI instead of being replaced by AI. and the 90% rule, which explicitly allows ai. for-profit is only allowed if you pay them. you have to pay an ai bro money to declare that your for-profit work is at least 90% ai free. dystopian. > if you estimate that at least 90% of your content is created by humans, you are eligible to add the badges into your website, blog, art, film, essay, books, podcast, or whatever your project is for non-commercial use, and, with a subscription, commercial use. and continues into explicitly allowing AI even more, and their first example is for ***legal documents*** > The 90% can include using AI for inspiration purposes, supporting legal documents such as privacy policies (assuming that legal content is not the main focus of your content or service), non-user-facing content such as SEO tags, and grammatical error and typo checks. their about page (https://notbyai.fyi/about) has a quote from billionaire warren buffet which is just weirdo shit (warren buffet cares deeply about eugenicist things like poor countries having too many people) but here's the fucking kicker. the "founder", allen hsu (https://notbyai.fyi/about), is the ux design lead at modo modo (https://modomodoagency.com/leadership), *which is an ai design company* (https://modomodoagency.com/about) > Artificial intelligence (AI) is cool and we embrace it. But when it comes to solving complex business problems, we don’t just press a few keys to generate answers with ChatGPT. We research, interview, brainstorm, and go through a human-centric process to come up with content and solutions that are tailored to your unique business need. there you go. its made by an ai bro. its full of tescreal shit. its literally not even anti-ai, and its letting ai companies track you. this is ai shit.

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Happy Pride!

There's not enough good nonbinary jokes out there so I wrote one:

What kind of sandwich can you make with two slices of nonbinary bread?
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Depends on what's enby-tween them!

#nonbinary #enby #jokes #IfYouKnowYouKnow #LGBTQJokes #NonbinaryJokes

Saying something is fully accessible as a misnomer! Accessibility isn’t a checkbox, a finish line, or a guarantee. Yet we often see products, websites, and service is labeled as ā€œfully accessibleā€œ- why is this a misconception and what can we do to course correct without losing confidence?
#A11y

The Myth of ā€˜Fully Accessible’ https://soren.medium.com/the-myth-of-fully-accessible-73c3c77e9b30

The Myth of ā€˜Fully Accessible’ - Soren Hamby - Medium

In product development and design, the term ā€œfully accessibleā€ is often used with the best intentions. It’s a compelling phrase to drop in a leadership meeting and looks good in a rebuttal. ā€œFully…

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My cat Michael stole and returned drone batteries. The Snap Inc Pixy was recalled and the pop-out batteries have to be locally recycled. I’ve confiscated them for her own safety but she plays with the silliest things sometimes. She has pulled tacks out of the wall and stolen ikea hardware. #sillyCat
I wonder if anyone can guess what my first knitting pattern is before it’s finished and blocked / tied off! Hint: you might use it every day and it’s completely symmetrical. I’m about 1/3 through the pattern here. I’m knitting it into a hat but you can add it into anything with a 48x48 open spot.
Do you have a two sentence a11y horror story?
#TwoSentenceHorror #A11yHorror #Halloween #a11yWeen
The screen reader abruptly stopped, leaving Alex lost in a maze of Unicode fonts and unlabeled fields. The social website that promised connection had morphed into a fortress of exclusion, threatening to erase their access with poor design choices. #TwoSentenceHorror #A11yHorror #Halloween #a11yWeen

It’s an exciting week! I accepted an offer for a role I’m passionate about (more when I start!) and it’s the last day before Applied Accessibility for Designers on Maven begins!

Unfortunately that means it’s the last day to sign up too. Use SOREN25 if you’d like to get 25% off the class! We start tomorrow at 2:30pm ET / 11:30 AM PT - will you join us? https://a11ytraining.link/aa

Applied Accessibility for Designers by Soren Hamby on Maven

Get practical accessibility skills to solve real-world challenges, including WCAG compliance, assistive tech, and inclusive design.