Riddle Me This

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  Batman

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  Saturn

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  Bonsai Tree

Inspiration

I simply was thinking of a way to empower as many people as possible to entertain and educate at the same time. One idea is that a person is hosting an event and needs a quick and simple way to break the ice in a cost efficient way. Riddles. Yes.

What it does

The user gives a topic as input or the answer to the riddle such as "Python programming language" or "Bonsai Tree" and the app generates the riddle, and a hint image. The app also includes a chatbot so that the user can ask for a hint to give the guessers. The chatbot will gradually get more specific without revealing the answer in the hits as hints are requested up to 20 times.

How we built it

Using Amazon Bedrock AI with the people in mind

Challenges we ran into

It was a bit of a learning curve gaining understanding in which model did what and to what temperature to set in order to get the right amount of relevance for the image and chatbot hints. Also, there is content filtering possibly to avoid copyrights. For example, I used the joker from Batman as a test and the image would not initially generate, I believe, because of this. So, I made sure to include in the prompt for the generator to find an acceptable image to generate. It was also a task to get the models to work with each other in a way that accomplished the final outcome in an intuitive way for the user. I wanted the user to be able to figure out how to use the app without much need for a tutorial or demo.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud of turning the idea and possibility into a set of problems to solve in order to enhance a users ability to authentically entertain their company. I found a way to give everyone with access to the app and the ability to read English a simple, and low/no cost way to have a great time and possibly make new friends!

What we learned

I've read the quote from some influential engineers that "ideas are cheap" and I am challenging the sentiments of that idea by combining many "cheap" ideas to produce something that can be valuable for a long time for many people. I am finding a way to utilize AI to connect people (that aren't necessarily academics or techies) and possibly start relationships through this form of edutainment. I've learned that Bedrock can help turn these cheap ideas into something I can use to inspire others who may not have much besides their "cheap" ideas. I am hoping it will inspire those persons to create and have their ideas realized. In the bigger picture, I am hoping to empower as many people as possible to step through a gateway into engineering and start to make contributions to solve problems in our world on all levels without having to obtain more equipment or make significant time dedications to get started.

What's next for Riddle Me This

I hope to expand this concept of immediate inspiration and adaptivity to other ideas. I also hope to use this app and test its capabilities in multiple groups and niche settings to see what I can learn by how it is used and possibly add more features or improve UI UX design.

Built With

• amazon-web-services