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mrbungie on July 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Vision language models are blind

These models are marketed as being able to guide the blind or tutoring children using direct camera access.

Promoting those use cases and models failing in these ways is irresponsible. So, yeah, maybe the models are not embarrasing but the hype definitely is.

cs702 on July 10, 2024 | [–]

> Promoting those use cases and models failing in these ways is irresponsible.

Yes, exactly.

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