PP2 – Fortune Teller

My project was to make a fortune telling interface, styled as the Greek/Roman Oracle of Delphi. In its operation it was to detect the input of the user through text or audio, determine what what said, and meaningfully respond to the contextual and emotional charge of the user dialog. I was very much unable to finish, and I think this is as a result of trying too many foreign concepts in this project combined with a 9 hour time limit.

Did start a good discussion in class regarding AI/machine generated response. Due to the nature of the application, it leads to an ethical discussion on how or in what ways we should be (or not at all be) manipulating the experience/emotional states of the participant.

Although, I am familiar with all of the technology and techniques in my plan for the project, I have never directly implemented a few like: language processing, Audio binary, TCP/IP requests (I recommend NEVER doing this by hand, use a wrapper class), Google Cloud, etc. Led me to think about the ways in which I consider what skills I do and do not have a mastery of, and how to construct this knowledge of each into a full project. For instance, I would definitely consider some of the aspects of this project to be outside my comfort zone now. Ideally for a new project, I should be using skills I already have, save for 1 or 2 new concepts only.

Google CPS: https://cloud.google.com/docs/overview/cloud-platform-services
Chatbot Applications: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2017/10/04/chatbots
Historical Inspiration for Styling: https://www.coastal.edu/intranet/ashes2art/delphi2/misc-essays/oracle_of_delphi.html