Japanese eSports gamer Mashiro is blind and often relies on a companion to get around Tokyo — but he hopes that artificial intelligence, hailed as a promising tool for people with disabilities, can help him travel alone.
The 26-year-old “Street Fighter” player put the latest version of AI chatbot ChatGPT to the test on his way to a stadium for a recent Para eSports meet-up.
“I can’t participate in an event like this without someone to rely on,” he told AFP. “Also, sometimes I just want to get around by myself without speaking to other people.
“So if I can use technology like ChatGPT to design my own special needs support, that would be great.”
This year, the US firm OpenAI released GPT-4o, which understands voice, text and image commands in several languages.
The generative gadget, along with others such as Google’s Gemini, is part of a fast-growing field that …