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AI in Accessibility: Where Tools End and Humans Lead

AI can accelerate accessibility work—drafting, pattern recognition, and analysis. But the most important decisions still belong to humans: judgment, accountability, and ethics.

AI + ethics Practical decision-making Verification mindset

What this session is (and isn’t)

This isn’t an AI hype talk. It’s a delivery talk. The goal is to help teams use AI in accessibility work without becoming careless, overconfident, or ethically sloppy.

Where AI helps

Drafting, classification, summarizing patterns, and accelerating analysis—when it’s paired with verification.

Where AI misleads

“Automation confidence” — when fluent output is mistaken for correct judgment.

Where humans decide

Risk acceptance, tradeoffs, customer impact, and ethical responsibility.

A safer operating model

When to speed up, when to slow down, and how to keep humans “in the loop” meaningfully.

Session focus

  • What AI can help with (and what it cannot responsibly decide)
  • How to avoid “automation confidence” in accessibility decisions
  • When to slow down, verify, and choose the human path

What attendees walk away with

A clear decision framework: where AI accelerates the work, where it introduces risk, and how leaders maintain accountability without rejecting useful tools.