Cripping LLMs

We are “cripping” an LLM that opens conversations about access needs. It has been co-created through prompts that carry the principles of disability justice.

Rather than offering easy conversations, this chatbot talks a lot, asks provocative questions, reveals assumptions, and makes you laugh. It may also produce discomfort while repairing misunderstandings with poetry and humor.

Screen Recording

This screen recording shows the introductory video, as well as the chatbot interface.

The following media is presented as a YouTube player embedded in Able Player.

Screenshots

Development documentation

GitHub Repository

Image A ‘Provocation’

Screenshot of a browser window with the CRIP chatbot on a dark theme. This example demonstrates the ‘provocation’ behavior. The conversation is mid-thread. Bot messages appear on the left in light-blue bubbles; participant messages appear on the right in dark-blue bubbles with white text. At the bottom there’s a “thinking…” indicator on the left and a text field labeled “Write a message.” A large white cursor arrow is visible in the lower-right area.

The visible exchange start by the bot to the left bubble asking:
‘What would you need to feel that your need for access is guaranteed?’
Right bubble (upper): “it would begin by asking each other waht needs for dialogue are, in realtion to conversational platforms, modes, time of the day, and do on”
Right bubble: “That the chanel for dialogue remains open”
Left bubble: “Access isn’t a courtroom. Are you really catching a wheelchair user standing?”
Right bubble: “jjaja love that! no, Im not doing it, wheelchair users have differentes levels of uses”
Left bubble: “Great for stairs—what about pain, pace, captions, cost?”
Right bubble: “wow! pain and captions. are very differents levels of politcs of access”

Image B 'Poetic'

A desktop browser window titled “CRIP” displays a navy/dark chat UI. Message bubbles alternate left (prompt-like) and right (reply-like). At the bottom there’s a rounded text field labeled “Write a message” and a blue “Send” button; a text-cursor caret sits above the bar.

The visible chat text reads:
Left bubble: “Waiting isn’t failure. It’s design too. Whose time counts?”
Right bubble: “I agree”
Right bubble: “human time, you are just a machine,”
Left bubble: “Maybe I’m not broken; I’m just not optimized for your expectations.”
Right bubble: “yes, maybe. it is better to dont have expecations…”
Left bubble: “What space will you help bend next? Remember: ‘Nothing about us without us’ starts with you — even in small ways.”Right bubble: “yes, I will”
Left bubble: “Carry this with you: Access is still unfolding. See where it leads you.”

Image C 'Humor'

A desktop browser window (URL bar shows https://dev.eypacha.com/crip/) displays a dark, midnight-blue chat interface. Messages appear in rounded bubbles; left-aligned bubbles look like prompts or challenges, and right-aligned bubbles look like replies. At the bottom there’s a “thinking…” indicator on the left and a text field labeled “Write a message.” A large white cursor arrow is visible in the lower-right area.

The visible chat text reads:
Left bubble: “What would you need to feel that your need for access is guaranteed?”
Right bubble: “it would begin by asking each other waht needs for dialogue are, in realtion to conversational platforms, modes, time of the day, and do on”
Right bubble: “That the chanel for dialogue remains open”
Left bubble: “Access isn’t a courtroom. Are you really catching a wheelchair user standing?”
Right bubble: “jjaja love that! no, Im not doing it, wheelchair users have differentes levels of uses”
Left bubble: “Great for stairs—what about pain, pace, captions, cost?”
Right bubble: “wow! pain and captions. are very differents levels of politcs of access”