Artificial Intelligence Has One Chance To Get Accessibility Right

This is a pointed reminder that AI trained on an inaccessible web will reproduce that inaccessibility at scale — unless we intervene thoughtfully and intentionally.

That’s the part too many people seem eager to hand-wave away. These systems are not arriving with some magically enlightened understanding of disability, inclusion, or accessible implementation. They’re being trained on the web as it is, which means they are taking all of its worst practices as truth.

If we want AI-assisted coding to improve outcomes rather than exponentially accelerate harm, accessibility must be foundational.