Painting with Cameras and Drawing with Text: Exploring Responsible AI and Greater Design for Accessible Creativity
Abstract
Generative AI (GAI) is proliferating, and among its many applications are to support creative work (e.g., generating text, images, music) and to enhance
accessibility (e.g., captions of images and audio). As GAI evolves, creatives must consider how (or how not) to incorporate these tools into their practices.
In this paper, we present interviews at the intersection of these applications. We learned from 10 creatives with disabilities who intentionally use and
do not use GAI in and around their creative work. Their mediums ranged from audio engineering to leatherwork, and they collectively experienced a variety
of disabilities, from sensory to motor to invisible disabilities. We share cross-cutting themes of their access hacks, how creative practice and access
work become entangled, and their perspectives on how GAI should and should not ft into their workfows. In turn, we ofer qualities of accessible creativity
with responsible AI that can inform future research.