A company survey prior to the chatbot merger found that many visually impaired people either don’t want to use up volunteer resources, are uncomfortable with the idea of calling a stranger about something personal, or just don’t like the idea of having to constantly rely on others.
ChatGPT-4 not only mitigates these issues, but analytically improves the number of responses. For example, if a picture of the inside of a refrigerator was sent, it would not only list the contents of the picture, but would also include recipes with the ingredients available.
Another potential benefit is that human opinion is eliminated with AI. A photo taken in a clothing store, for example, would come back with precise terminologies and true colors, rather than subjective views and descriptions that would likely change between volunteers.
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An influential user of the new Be My Eyes, Lucy Edwards, recently uploaded a touching TikTok showing her experience with the app. She stands in a London underground station, sends a photo of a tube map to ChatGPT-4 and timidly asks how to get to her destination.
To Edwards’ astonishment, an automated voice quickly returns to Tottenham Court Road with the best live route. “I have my autonomy back,” she says, obviously overcome with emotion.
“The more AI learns, the more autonomous I will be as a blind person,” she says. “I thought I gave that up ten years ago. I thought I would never get that back.”
The ChatGPT 4 version will reportedly be free once it launches publicly, but in the meantime By My Eyes insists its volunteer community will continue as usual. Tests are currently underway to tune the AI to minimize the potential for “hallucinations” and ensure its safe use.
