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Improv Theater And Artificial Intelligence, Izzy Michels
Improv Theater And Artificial Intelligence, Izzy Michels
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
Improvisational theater is an art form where unscripted theater is performed. Dialogue, characters, and actions are created on the spot. Errors made within an improvisational theater scene are encouraged, and can form an input to how the scene evolves. Ultimately this project focuses on the evolution and creation of artificial intelligence bots interacting with the world of improv theater. Chatbots Versus Improv Bots A chatbot is a software application used to conduct an online chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. There are many different types of chatbots ranging from …
Equal Prize Money In Grand Slam Tennis: A Sentiment Analysis Of Tweets, Ilana Blackwood
Equal Prize Money In Grand Slam Tennis: A Sentiment Analysis Of Tweets, Ilana Blackwood
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
Gender inequality in sports has been an issue for a very long time. Two major disputed issues have been the difference in media coverage as well as the disproportionate attention given to male athletes1. Over the years, tennis has been at the forefront of the fight against these issues. One of the most important moments in this movement came in 1973 when Billie Jean King threatened to boycott the U.S. Open which led to the finally agreeing to equal pay for men and women. In the same year she further sealed the legitimacy of equal pay in the sport when …
Social Media’S Impact On Immigration Policies Public’S Response To Children In Cages, Celeste Ramirez Diaz
Social Media’S Impact On Immigration Policies Public’S Response To Children In Cages, Celeste Ramirez Diaz
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, there has been many political movement and involvement throughout social media regarding each political party’s response to the economic situation undergoing in the United States as well as how they prepare to target certain issues within the political agenda. One of the first points for both parties was to ensure the most accurate response to the safety and protection of U.S residents who are affected by this pandemic in many ways. However, there was a question if the current administration was also considering the lives, safety, and protection of those in facilities where they are to …
2020 Election Fraud: What Can Twitter Teach Us?, Jill Noorily
2020 Election Fraud: What Can Twitter Teach Us?, Jill Noorily
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
Through data analysis, we can explore the intersection of social media and politics. Focusing on election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, I collected 36,000 tweets and used topic modeling to analyze the tweets. Using topic modeling to find word frequency and topics, I was able to further understand how social media, specifically Twitter, interacts with individual’s views of US democracy and the electoral process. Throughout the project, it becomes clear that social media is a platform that can be used to amplify anxiety, fear, concerns, and misinformation. This study of voter fraud provides insights into the inner workings of …
Global Trends In International Music: How Does Globalization Affect The Way We Consume Music?, Beckett Pechon-Elkins
Global Trends In International Music: How Does Globalization Affect The Way We Consume Music?, Beckett Pechon-Elkins
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
In this project, I used Python to analyze trends in foreign music in four different countries around the world: the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Brazil. Using various top singles charts, I was able to create a dataset of foreign singers for each country spanning the decades from the 1950s/60s to present day. After cleaning, filtering and processing this data, I applied historical events to analyze trends in the data and found a notable decrease in music produced by international artists in recent years. This contradicts the prevailing notions of globalization, forcing us to ask the question: Is …
Analyzing Twitter Conversations About Vaccines, Michaela Brydon
Analyzing Twitter Conversations About Vaccines, Michaela Brydon
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
As of today, there are two COVID-19 vaccines being distributed to healthcare workers across the country. Some are thrilled at this news, hopeful that vaccines will put an end to the quarantines and social distancing. Others are more skeptical, worried at the prospect of mandatory injections. According to the experts, for the US to reach herd immunity, 60-70% of the population would need to be immune to the disease. As such, if not enough people are on board, then vulnerable populations will still be at risk. In light of this dilemma, I decided to focus my final project on vaccination. …
Tiktok’S Non-Inclusive Beauty Algorithm & Why We Should Care, Priya Melonio
Tiktok’S Non-Inclusive Beauty Algorithm & Why We Should Care, Priya Melonio
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
This project will be a meta-analysis of how the popular social media app known as TikTok takes into account image recognition in their machine learning algorithms through the data it analyzes from its users. It will also see how it identifies and pushes the most beautiful to fame and virality. Though we don’t have access to the actual Tiktok algorithm, we are going to use a very similar dataset known as SCUT-FBP5500. We will analyze how it perpetuates toxic western and eastern beauty standards that are only based on far too simple analyses of what is considered beautiful. We will …
Meditations In An Emergency: A Regional Analysis Of The Relationship Between Union Membership And Minimum Wage In An Age Of Labor Decline, Dante Kanter
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
The general consensus amongst labor historians is that the election of Ronald Reagan led to a marked decline in Union Membership that, with a few exceptions, has continued steadily up until the present day. Beginning with the Air Traffic controller strike in 1981, where the Reagan administration fired and permanently replaced striking union controllers, and continuing with Reagan members of the National Right to Work Committee to the National Labor Rights Board, a legal and political climate hostile to union organizing emerged in the U.S.. In my research, my hope was to take popular and agreed upon census data and, …
The Gpt3 Re-Imagining Of “Howl” By Allen Ginsberg: What Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of This Representation?, Emmy Roday
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
With AI technology rapidly advancing, natural language processing systems are producing higher quality creative work like music and poetry. With the arrival of GPT-3, the generative pre-trained transformer, in May 2020, we are now confronting more opportunities to question its strengths and weaknesses. These transformer models have been known to successfully recreate the styles and themes of specific authors, writing across genres, and creating exciting new reversals. The main criticism remains that the AI cannot maintain coherent arguments or narrative threads.
Gpt-2: Girl Detective Analyzing Ai-Generated Nancy Drew With Stylometry, Rebecca Lawson
Gpt-2: Girl Detective Analyzing Ai-Generated Nancy Drew With Stylometry, Rebecca Lawson
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
Writing styles are often viewed as unique to their writers–a compositional fingerprint of sorts. An analytical tool based upon this assumption is stylometry: the statistical analysis of the variations in the literary styles of works, often used to determine the most likely author of a particular work. Stylometric techniques abound in a multitude of fields, including history, literary studies, and even courts of law. Stylometry is often used as a form of evidence as to the identities of authors of written material pertaining to legal cases, a famous example being the conviction of the Unabomber based upon stylistic similarities between …
Watercolorization In The Digital Landscape: Traditional Watercolor Painting Simulated In Computer Generated Art, Elena Ruiz
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
With the rapid advance of digital technology in the 1990’s came the development of computer generated imagery (CGI) and graphics, allowing access to new forms of algorithmic and artistic media that would ultimately open up and transform the landscape of contemporary digital art. This continued advancement of computers and graphic software has furthered the ways in which we can share and convey imagery and video, especially through digital platforms. In this regard, as the popularity of creating and sharing digital art via the internet continues to rise, I felt compelled to consider the relationship between (subjectively speaking) art produced by …
Gpt-2 Ai Poetry Generation: Writing Like Donne, Kaiya Case
Gpt-2 Ai Poetry Generation: Writing Like Donne, Kaiya Case
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Writing The Next American Hit: Using Gpt-2 To Explore The Possibility Of Creating Successful Ai-Generated Song Lyrics, Sophie Barrio
Writing The Next American Hit: Using Gpt-2 To Explore The Possibility Of Creating Successful Ai-Generated Song Lyrics, Sophie Barrio
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
345m-Gpt-2 After James Wright: Can Ai Generate Convincing Contemporary Poetry?, Jonah Zitelli
345m-Gpt-2 After James Wright: Can Ai Generate Convincing Contemporary Poetry?, Jonah Zitelli
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
The Body And The Machine: Functionalities And Failures Of Ai-Generated Comedy, Rebecca Turner
The Body And The Machine: Functionalities And Failures Of Ai-Generated Comedy, Rebecca Turner
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
#Protests And @Realdonaldtrump: Public Perception Of Covid-19 Lockdown Protests On Twitter, Molly Kavanaugh
#Protests And @Realdonaldtrump: Public Perception Of Covid-19 Lockdown Protests On Twitter, Molly Kavanaugh
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
The Rise Of Anti-Asian American Sentiment With Covid-19, Mari Holben, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
The Rise Of Anti-Asian American Sentiment With Covid-19, Mari Holben, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Covid-19: Global Trends In Social Protection, Unemployment, And Economic Stimuli, Mara Kaspers, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
Covid-19: Global Trends In Social Protection, Unemployment, And Economic Stimuli, Mara Kaspers, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Sentiment Analysis Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic: Comparing The Emotional Valence Of President Trump And Governor Cuomo's Coronavirus Briefings, Davida Harris, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
Sentiment Analysis Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic: Comparing The Emotional Valence Of President Trump And Governor Cuomo's Coronavirus Briefings, Davida Harris, Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
"Aw Jeez, Rick! It's Writing!": Exploring The Frontier Of A.I. Generated Screenwriting, Owen Lloyd
"Aw Jeez, Rick! It's Writing!": Exploring The Frontier Of A.I. Generated Screenwriting, Owen Lloyd
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Taxonomy Techniques For Holocaust-Related Image Digitization And Text, Sejin Kim
Taxonomy Techniques For Holocaust-Related Image Digitization And Text, Sejin Kim
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
The Influence Of Artificial Intelligence In Dance Choreography, Abby Plone
The Influence Of Artificial Intelligence In Dance Choreography, Abby Plone
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Evaluating Ai Music Generation With Performance Rnn In Magenta Tensorflow, Spalding Vance
Evaluating Ai Music Generation With Performance Rnn In Magenta Tensorflow, Spalding Vance
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Does U.S. Conflict Intervention Provoke Terrorism In The Middle East And North Africa?, Savannah Noel Overly
Does U.S. Conflict Intervention Provoke Terrorism In The Middle East And North Africa?, Savannah Noel Overly
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
International Genetically Engineered Machine (Igem) Competition For The Liberal Arts, Shane M. Canfield
International Genetically Engineered Machine (Igem) Competition For The Liberal Arts, Shane M. Canfield
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Synthetic Biology: Analyzing Trends In Intellectual Property Rights Vs. Open Access To Research, 1989-2019, Ebie Quinn
Synthetic Biology: Analyzing Trends In Intellectual Property Rights Vs. Open Access To Research, 1989-2019, Ebie Quinn
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Fake Tweets: Using Twitter Api And Natural Language Processing (Nlp) To Analyze Twitter Users, Ceylan Can
Fake Tweets: Using Twitter Api And Natural Language Processing (Nlp) To Analyze Twitter Users, Ceylan Can
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Homomorphic Encryption, Emily Rachfal
Homomorphic Encryption, Emily Rachfal
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
No abstract provided.
Centaur Screenwriting With 345m Gpt-2: The Problems And Possibilities Of Ai-Generated Creative Content For The Screen, Olivia Kane
Centaur Screenwriting With 345m Gpt-2: The Problems And Possibilities Of Ai-Generated Creative Content For The Screen, Olivia Kane
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
In a world of technological advances, the line between human and artificially generated content is becoming increasingly blurred. AI generated visual art proves more pleasing to the eye, and music composed by computers is nearly indistinguishable from that of a human musician. The written word, however, seems to be one of the last great frontiers that artificial intelligence has yet to perfect. Our innate human ability to recognize anomalies in language prevents current platforms like GTP-2 from being effective in generating creative content on its own. Human interference and editing, however, may be able to create a new brand of …
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?, Alexander Beatty
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?, Alexander Beatty
IPHS 200: Programming Humanity
In a recently published essay, Sean Dorrance Kelly, a Philosophy professor at Harvard University, proposes his arguments for why he does not believe artificial intelligence has the capacity for true creativity. As one may expect from an individual of his profession, Kelly makes a compelling case for his claim; however, at its core, the piece is routed in the individual's natural biases and limited knowledge of the tech. As his piece is of the highest caliber of literature on the subject, it beautifully summarizes the most compelling arguments against artificial creativity. In this project, I will break down the key …