👋 About Your Host:
Hey everyone, Tina here! 👋 Ex-Meta Data Scientist turned tech enthusiast. I’m passionate about using AI to boost productivity and make life more interesting. Let’s dive into some awesome AI projects!
💰 Project 1: Your Personal AI Finance Guru
🎯 The Goal:
Tired of spreadsheets and budgeting nightmares? Build an AI chatbot that analyzes your spending habits and helps you achieve your financial goals! 🏡💰
Level 1: No-Code Magic ✨
- Skills: Prompt engineering is your superpower here! 🪄
- Tools: ChatGPT, GPT-4All, or open-source models like LLaMa
- Action: Feed your financial statements to the chatbot, set your goals (buying a house, early retirement, that dream vacation 🌴), and get personalized advice!
Level 2: Python Power-Up 💪
- Skills: Python basics, familiarity with libraries like
llama-cpp-python - Tools: Download pre-trained LLaMa models and run them locally for greater control over your data.
- Action: Write a script to analyze your statements, categorize transactions, and visualize your spending patterns.
Level 3: Build Your Own App! 🏗️
- Skills: Web development (Flask, Streamlit), RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with LangChain
- Tools: Create a user-friendly web app where users can upload statements and interact with their personalized AI finance advisor.
- Action: Implement RAG to make your app even smarter! Allow users to ask specific questions about their finances and get context-aware answers based on their data.
🎬 Project 2: Your AI Assistant with a Vision!
🎯 The Goal:
Imagine interacting with your AI using video! Analyze emotions in real-time, learn sign language, or even decipher what Gen Alpha is saying these days! 😂
Level 1: Prompting Prowess 🎤
- Skills: Master the art of prompt engineering!
- Tools: While real-time video input isn’t widely available yet, experiment with analyzing still frames from videos using ChatGPT.
- Action: Ask questions about the content of images, identify objects, and explore the possibilities!
Level 2: Python & APIs to the Rescue 🐍
- Skills: Python, OpenAI API, Whisper (for speech-to-text), text-to-speech libraries
- Tools: Extract audio from videos, transcribe it using Whisper, and feed the text to GPT-4 for analysis. Use text-to-speech to have your AI respond audibly.
- Action: Create a simple Python script that processes video and audio input to interact with GPT-4.
Level 3: Web App Time! 🚀
- Skills: Web development (Shiny for Python or similar frameworks)
- Tools: Build an interactive web app where users can record videos and receive real-time responses from your AI.
- Action: Deploy your app and let users experience the magic of video-based AI interaction!
🗺️ Project 3: Your Personalized AI Travel Planner
🎯 The Goal:
Ditch the generic itineraries! Build an AI-powered travel planner that crafts the perfect adventure based on YOUR unique interests. ✈️🌎
Level 1: Prompting Your Dream Trip 💭
- Skills: Become a prompt-writing pro!
- Tools: ChatGPT, GPT-4All
- Action: Provide your AI travel agent with detailed information: your travel style, budget, must-see destinations, and any quirky preferences you might have!
Level 2: No-Code Automation with Make.com 🤖
- Skills: Basic understanding of automation workflows
- Tools: Make.com (formerly Integromat)
- Action: Connect ChatGPT to Google Calendar and Notion. Automatically create calendar events and detailed Notion documents for each stop on your AI-generated itinerary.
Level 3: Data Visualization with Streamlit 📊
- Skills: Python, Streamlit, APIs (Google Maps, weather, event APIs)
- Tools: Build an interactive dashboard that visualizes your itinerary on a map. Display weather forecasts, nearby events, restaurant recommendations, and more!
- Action: Create a truly personalized and visually stunning AI travel planner.
🎶 Project 4: Your AI Music Composer & Playlist Curator 🎧
🎯 The Goal:
Generate royalty-free music for your projects, create unique soundscapes, and curate AI-powered playlists! 🎼🚀
Level 1: Exploring AI Music Generators 🎧
- Skills: A good ear for music (optional, but helpful! 😉)
- Tools: Audio, Soundraw
- Action: Experiment with different prompts, genres, and moods to see what kind of music you can create!
Level 2: Python & the Audio API 🐍
- Skills: Python
- Tools: Use the Audio API to programmatically generate music and stitch together multiple tracks into a seamless playlist.
- Action: Create personalized playlists for studying, working out, or setting the perfect mood.
Level 3: AI-Generated Visuals 🖼️
- Skills: Python, OpenAI API (GPT-4, DALL-E), moviepy (or similar video editing library)
- Tools: Analyze the lyrics and emotions in your AI-generated music. Use GPT-4 to generate descriptions that capture the essence of each song. Then, use DALL-E to create accompanying visuals.
- Action: Produce an AI-powered music video or a dynamic visualizer that responds to your music in real-time!
📚 Project 5: AI-Powered Workbooks for Any Book!
🎯 The Goal:
Instantly create interactive workbooks from your favorite books to deepen your understanding and apply the key takeaways. 📖🧠
Level 1: Prompt Your Way to Knowledge 🪄
- Skills: Masterful prompting techniques
- Tools: ChatGPT, GPT-4 (or models with larger context windows like Google Gemini)
- Action: Feed the book (or sections of it) to your AI, ask it to identify key questions, and have it generate a workbook with prompts for reflection and application.
Level 2: No-Code Web Apps with Bubble.io 🫧
- Skills: Basic understanding of web app builders
- Tools: Bubble.io
- Action: Connect Bubble.io to the OpenAI API. Build a web app that takes a book title as input, generates a workbook, and lets users download it as a PDF.
Level 3: Advanced PDF Manipulation 🗎
- Skills: Python, APIs (pdf.co or similar)
- Tools: Use Python and a PDF manipulation API to programmatically edit, format, and enhance the workbooks generated by OpenAI.
- Action: Create professional-quality workbooks with interactive elements, fillable forms, and the ability to save user progress.
🧰 Resources & Links:
- HubSpot’s ChatGPT Bundle: Supercharge your productivity with this free bundle of resources! https://clickhubspot.com/7kn
- Lonely Octopus (AI & Data Skills): Learn AI, work on real freelance projects! https://www.lonelyoctopus.com/
- Tina’s Newsletter: Coding, learning, and getting your sh*t together. https://tinahuang.substack.com/
- AI Lunch & Learn: Free weekly livestreams about AI & tech. https://www.lonelyoctopus.com/email-signup
Let me know which project you’re most excited about! Happy coding! 😊
