Japan’s visually impaired gamer gets a boost from artificial intelligence

Masahiro Fujimoto, a visually impaired e-sports gamer from Japan, is now instead of humans Chat GPT That is, they want to advance in life by getting the help of artificial intelligence.

Tokyo resident Masahiro has always needed a companion, but now he has hope Artificial intelligence might be used as a promising aid for disabled people, making solo travel easier.

The 26-year-old ‘Sarit Fighter’ tested the latest version of the AI ​​(Artificial Intelligence) cheat GPT for Para eSports to go to the stadium.

He told the AFP news agency: ‘I’ve never attended an event without a partner, but sometimes I want to go around by myself without talking to other people.’

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“If I can use a technology like ChatGPT to design it according to my needs, that would be great,” he said.

Using ‘GPT4O’ as his friends, Masahiro traveled back and forth from the station without human support, carrying a walking stick in one hand and a mobile app in the other. Was talking to PT4O.

However, Masahiro said ChatGPT’s limited recognition of Japanese words and places caused difficulties in their journey with the help of artificial intelligence.

A gamer who traveled across Europe using Google Maps last year said that while the experience was great, it would have been easier if ChatGPT had been linked to the map tool.

Blind Tokyo resident Masahiro Fujimoto, 26, has always needed a companion, but now he’s turning to ChatGPT (AFP)

This year, American company OpenAI released GPT4O, which has the ability to understand voice, text messages and image commands.

Experts say that with the help of this technology, education, employment and daily services can be made more accessible.

Young Jun Cho, associate professor of computer science at University College London (UCL), said AI can better meet specific needs.

He said: ‘I think it can promote freedom while empowering many people.’

Hearing impaired people can get help from AI speech to text transcript while vision Some tools for the visually impaired, such as Seng AI, Innovation AI and TapTap C, have the ability to describe phone camera images.

But Masahide Ishiki, a Japanese expert on disability and digital accessibility, warns that it can be difficult to catch errors with ChatGPT because its ‘responses are very natural.’