Ana | Devpost

Inspiration

Megan Underwood's speech inspired us to create Ana.

What it does

Ana is a chatbot that answers questions regarding women in the field of tech. If you ask her a question pertaining to the subject matter, she will give a detailed response and cite a source. She will prefer using scholarly articles and journals however she can also use blog posts as references. If you ask a question unrelated to the topic, she will not answer and state that it is outside her parameters.

How we built it

We used the open-source API of OpenAI to create a variation of a chatbot. We then integrated the bot into python and added parameters so that she would only answer questions related to the topic of women in the tech workforce.

Challenges we ran into

We were originally going to make a GUI using tkinter however we ultimately decided against it due to our lack of knowledge and experience. With our current capabilities and knowledge

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This being our first hackathon, we are glad that we got the code to function. We are also proud that we incorporated modern elements into our project.

What we learned

Prior to the speech our keynote speaker, we never knew the disparity between the population between women and men in the field of technology. Her speech inspired us to create this project and go outside our comfort zone to use modern resources to create a functional project designed to educate individuals such as ourselves and others.

What's next for Ana

As mentioned previously, we had some struggles regarding GUIs. If implemented properly, Ana can have a visual appearance rather than being a simple command line chat bot. Additionally, because Ana was designed in Python, she can be converted into an executable file so that you can integrate her into any website or program of your liking.