https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6RCDENt9sQ
Inspiration
I'm from Minnesota and horrified by what is happening in my hometown
What it does
It collects new Reddit posts that have to do with ICE and uses chat gpt to determine if the post is reporting a detention by ICE.
How we built it
I built it using my knowledge of Python and SQL. I wanted to make it portable and lightweight. I'm just a team of 1, so I limited my scope to the task at hand.
Challenges we ran into
API request limits and JSON parsing errors
Accomplishments that we're proud of
That I was able to get something workable by the deadline
What we learned
I learned how to more proficiently integrate Chat GPT into my programming projects
What's next for Social Media ICE Detention Monitor
- Event clustering by person and location
- Multi-source ingestion
- Detection of if events are likely the same
- Increased location accuracy
- Probably don't really need to use crawlbase
- Better initial query to Reddit
- Determine if two posts are likely referring to same event
- Connect DB to a website with a map showing the detention locations
NOTE: you will need a Crawlbase and ChatGPT account and use their API tokens. Both are free
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