I got sick of boring AI chatbots, so I built a 1940s detective to roast my dreams 🕵️♂️
Aniket Mehra created a unique AI chatbot named Noir AI: Dream Detective, inspired by 1940s detective tropes. The app allows users to share their dreams and receive humorous, cynical responses from the AI detective. Built using Baidu's MeDo platform, it features a dynamic Evidence Board that visually represents elements from the user's dream in real-time.
- ▪Noir AI: Dream Detective is designed to roast users' dreams with a 1940s detective persona.
- ▪The app features a dynamic Evidence Board that updates in real-time as users share their dreams.
- ▪Mehra used Baidu's MeDo platform to create the app without traditional coding.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3465973) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Aniket Mehra Posted on May 16 I got sick of boring AI chatbots, so I built a 1940s detective to roast my dreams 🕵️♂️ #ai #devchallenge #showdev #sideprojects Every AI app right now looks exactly the same: a clean white background, a polite assistant, and a text box. It’s getting a little boring. I saw the Build with MeDo Hackathon (hosted by Baidu) was running this weekend, and I wanted to enter their "Surprise Us" category with something completely unhinged.
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