Inspiration
The goal of our project was to facilitate an environment for people to discuss topics in a logically objective manner. We wanted to help make communication between people more meaningful and thoughtful to foster understanding in -not just the views of others- but in our own views as well.
What it does
Our project works similarly to Reddit where a user posts about a topic and their opinion on it. Other users can then pick specific topics they are interested in and engage in meaningful conversation. We used Gemini AI API to acknowledge logical fallacies within every comment that contains an argument.
How we built it
We used the AI Cline to construct the framework within HTML and python files within a Django environment.
Challenges we ran into
The most time-consuming challenge was connecting the discussion posts from one computer to another. We initially attempted to use a free server using TursoDB with which the website was to be hosted on. However this broke our project, so we switched our goal to functionality.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to successfully integrate Gemini AI into our system to analyze users' posts for logical fallacies. Furthermore, we are proud of implementing an intuitive and aesthetically pleasing user interface.
What we learned
We learned what features ought to be focused on, given a very limiting deadline. Furthermore, we know more about how we can connect backend features to front end features to create a connective whole.
What's next for The Council
The next significant step for this project is implementing a global connection between users to view the discussion posts of one another. Furthermore, the AI could be trained using the knowledge of more fallacies.
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