Comment on AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re great, but if the last 20-30 years of Open Source are any indication, most average people do not use Open Source, and beyond that, most don’t even know what it is.

  The use of Open Source projects is mainly in corporations, while individuals using Open Source projects make up a small minority of the use cases.

  I would love to see growth in that arena, but if the past is any indication, it will struggle to grow.

  Further, as these may be considered “medically assistive devices” you run into the issue of possibly needing FDA approval to even distribute it.

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  • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly this. I’m a developer currently. Before that I had only a vague idea of what open source was, basically that it’s visible to everyone. Didn’t know about github, or any other application of open source outside of pc software and I was kinda advanced tech user with flashing custom roms, trying out Linux etc. Laymen have no idea what’s going on, exceptions aside.

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  • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Open source AI is huge, and I don’t think you need FDA approval to distribute a model. Where are you even getting that from?

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’re talking about people with disabilities, and depending on what you’re doing with AI, it can get organized under being a medically assistive device, which suddenly becomes an FDA issue.

      Ask the people who run Open Source projects aimed at opening up things like Glucose monitors or CPAP machines. They are harangued by the FDA.

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      • Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which projects have been shut down by FDA order?

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