Dual Workshop Project Spec

[paulbricman]

Q: How is this project called?
A: Dual

Q: How does this project augment thought?
A: It consists of a virtual assistant which helps the user (1) navigate their non-linear knowledge base, (2) integrate new concepts into their previous knowledge, (3) brainstorm new ideas, and (4) reflect on old ideas, all through natural language.

Q: How does the end product of this project look like?
A: It consists of an Obsidian plugin which defines a view with a chat-like interface. User queries made in that chat are automatically followed by replies generated by the virtual assistant based on the user's knowledge base.

Q: What specific technologies does this project rely on?
A: Typescript, Python, natural language processing (transformers and sentence-transformers modules), API's (flask module), Obsidian (plugin ecosystem), PyInstaller.

Q: What's your Discord handle?
A: @paulbricman