Dogs, Wolves, AI & Accessibility

with Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai Episode 43

Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai, geneticist, public health researcher & VP of Research at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) chats on AI & its benefits & pitfalls for accessibility & persons with disabilities.

More from Mahadeo in this episode:

  • Taking a three-dimensional view of a person in all their roles and identities
  • Mahadeo’s journey from genetics into accessibility in higher education, citizen science and public health research to his team’s work at CNIB
  • What does disability mean and how is it defined?
  • Technology interventions that make workplaces more accessible
  • Why many assistive technologies benefit everybody
  • How AI technologies can make the world more accessible
  • How to train an AI model well
  • Why persons in the disability community should be involved in training AI models and what can happen if they’re not
  • What happens when AI systems exclude persons with disabilities from workplaces & how to design job ads, hiring processes and organizations for better access
  • Find out more about CNIB and Mahadeo’s interview on good ingredients for assistive technologies and universal design
  • Episode transcript

Photo by Maxim Hopman, Unsplash.