Thread | Brutkey

Whenever people talk about embedding alt text into images, I remember that lots of gif search services already try to do that.

Here's BlueSky's gif service. I searched for some popular memes. Each had alt-text baked in.

Take a look and tell me if you think that the embedded text conveys the sentiment of the image? If you couldn't see the animation, would you understand what was going on from that alt?

The idiot sandwich meme. The default alt text is "a man is holding a piece of bread over a woman 's face and asking what are you ?"

Clip from The Hobbit with the subtitle "What about second breakfast?". The default alt text is "two men are standing next to each other talking about second breakfast".

The meme of Homer Simpson walking backwards into a hedge. The default alt text is "A cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy area."

The Chuckle Brothers looking at each other. The default alt text is "a man in a striped shirt is kissing another man in a white suit".

Eugen Rochko
@Gargron@mastodon.social

@Edent@mastodon.social Are these AI-generated descriptions?

Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social

@Gargron@mastodon.social not a clue. Some probably are. Others will have been scraped.