Hosts Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon interview Simon Willison, the creator of Datasette, an open source tool for exploring and publishing data.
OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
00:36 Introduction
01:35 Working On Django
04:35 Future of Generative AI & Accessibility
07:23 Latest Tools & Models (Google Gemini Flash 2.0, Open AI, Video Streaming APIs, Amazon Nova)
11:39 Frontrunners of AI?
14:48 Daily Tools
19:14 LLM Command Line Tool
22:10 Using LLM For Alt Text For Images
24:58 Making LLM More Accessible
32:36 Will AI Replace Jobs?
39:50 The Dangers of AI
43:13 Launching Django
46:52 Datasette Open Source Tool
51:29 Developers Working With The Accessibility Community
57:34 Using NotebookLM To Prepare For This Podcast
1:00:43 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Datasette
https://datasette.io
The Book on Accessibility by Charlie Triplett
https://www.thebookonaccessibility.com
Accessibility Acceptance Criteria
https://www.magentaa11y.com
NotebookLM
https://notebooklm.google
Simon Willison's Blog
https://simonwillison.net
Simon Willison's Social Media
https://x.com/simonw
https://bsky.app/profile/simonwillison.net