It happens many times that I want to explore a rabbit hole, or run a thought experiment to decide what is best out of any two options. In order to make an informed decision I have to be informed first, and that is very tedious, and prevents me from asking questions often.
Simple things like "As an Indian, should I be worried about US Tariffs?", or "Is CS a good choice considering recent layoffs?", the possibilities are just way too many, but I am limited by my knowledge and time.
iThink solves that problem. It is a debate platform, where two AI(s), with all the knowledge in the world and access to recent events through internet talk to each other on the topic of your choice. You can use this platform in multiple ways, for example:
- As a platform to learn about something ("Is Quantum physics more revolutionary than Particle physics?").
- As a platform of entertainment, where two experts in domains talk to each other on the topic of your choice, just like massive platforms like Intelligence Squared
The platform relies on the realtime API from OpenAI, which gives the listener
an immersive and zero delay experience.
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Frontend:
- Next JS.
- Tailwind CSS.
- ShadCN.
- SocketIO (Client).
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Backend (proxy server):
- Socket IO (Server).
- Node JS.
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AI Layer:
- Azure OpenAI SDK.
- OpenAI realtime Endpoint.
- OpenAI Whisper for transcription.
This repository is a mono-repo, that contains the implementation of the Frontend and the Backend code. To run it locally.
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Install dependencies:
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Install overall dependencies to run the project concurrently.
npm i
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Install Next-JS Frontend dependencies
cd ithink-debatenpm i
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Install Node JS server proxy dependencies
cd websocket-servernpm i
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Setup
.envfiles:- Both parts of the project have their
env.examplefiles present, fill them up with correct keys and save them.
- Both parts of the project have their
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Run the project:
- In the project root, run
npm run dev
- In the project root, run