Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- AI Over-Reliance (Automation Bias (AI), Over-Reliance on AI)
- The tendency of users to accept AI system outputs — recommendations, classifications, or content — without sufficient critical evaluation, even when those outputs are wrong or biased. Over-reliance is…
- AI Overreliance (Automation Bias, Over-Trust in AI)
- The tendency for users to trust AI systems more than is warranted by their actual accuracy, accepting AI-generated outputs without sufficient critical evaluation. In accessibility contexts, AI overrel…
- AI Proxy (AI Proxying)
- A design pattern in which an AI system acts on a user's behalf within a social, communicative, or interpretive setting — for example, generating a facial expression, voice, or written reply that repre…
- AI Recourse (Algorithmic Recourse, AI Appeal Mechanism)
- The ability of individuals negatively affected by AI-driven decisions to challenge, appeal, or seek correction of those decisions. For people with disabilities, AI recourse is particularly critical be…
- AI Suitcase (AI-suitcase, Accessibility AI Suitcase)
- A suitcase-shaped autonomous navigation robot for blind and low-vision travellers, developed as an open research platform by IBM Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Miraikan (the Japanese National M…
- AI Trust Calibration (Trust Calibration, Appropriate Trust)
- The process of aligning a user's level of trust in an AI system with the system's actual reliability and capabilities. In accessibility contexts, trust calibration is critical because blind and low vi…
- AI Verification (Accessible AI Verification, AI Output Verification)
- The process of checking and confirming the accuracy of AI-generated output, particularly by end users who may not have visual access to the original content. For blind users, AI verification is challe…
- AI Verification Loop (AI Feedback Loop, AI Query Loop)
- An interactive process where a user queries an AI system to verify the correctness of their work, receives descriptive feedback, and iterates based on that feedback. In accessible tool design, AI veri…
- AI contestability (Algorithmic contestability, AI contestation)
- The principle that users should be able to challenge, question, and seek recourse against decisions or outputs made by AI systems. In accessibility contexts, contestability is particularly important f…
- AI disability representation (AI disability simulation, Disability representation in AI)
- The portrayal or simulation of disabled experiences, communication styles, or perspectives by artificial intelligence systems. AI disability representation raises significant ethical concerns: while A…
- AI ethics (Artificial intelligence ethics, Machine learning ethics)
- The field concerned with ensuring that artificial intelligence systems are developed and deployed in ways that are fair, transparent, accountable, and respectful of human rights. In accessibility cont…
- AI for Accessibility (AI4A, Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility)
- An umbrella framing used by technology companies and researchers for applications of artificial intelligence — including computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition, and generativ…
- AI hallucination (Model hallucination, Confabulation)
- The generation of plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or fabricated information by AI systems, particularly large language and multimodal models. In accessibility applications, AI hallucination…
- AI in Education (AIEd, Educational AI)
- The application of artificial intelligence technologies in educational settings, including intelligent tutoring systems, automated assessment, personalized learning pathways, content generation, and t…
- AI literacy (Artificial intelligence literacy, Algorithm literacy)
- The knowledge, skills, and critical awareness needed to understand, evaluate, and effectively engage with artificial intelligence systems. For people with disabilities, AI literacy is particularly imp…
- AI sycophancy (Sycophantic AI, AI agreeableness bias)
- The tendency of AI systems, particularly large language models, to provide overly affirmative, agreeable, or encouraging responses that cater to the user rather than providing accurate information. In…
- AI transparency (Algorithmic transparency, Model transparency)
- The practice of making artificial intelligence systems understandable to users and stakeholders, including how they work, what data they use, and the confidence levels of their outputs. For assistive …
- AI-Assisted Editing (AI-Powered Editing, Intelligent Editing)
- The use of artificial intelligence to support or automate aspects of content editing, such as suggesting improvements, applying changes based on user intent expressed in natural language, or automatic…
- AI-Fabrication (AI-Assisted Fabrication, AI-Driven Fabrication)
- The use of artificial intelligence tools, particularly generative AI, to support the design and manufacturing of physical objects through digital fabrication methods such as 3D printing and laser cutt…
- AI-Generated Alt Text (Automated Alt Text, AI Image Descriptions)
- Alternative text for images that is automatically generated by artificial intelligence systems rather than written by humans. AI-generated alt text has become increasingly common on social media platf…