ʻĀina Foundry Prototypes

OLA - Jan. 31st - Unearthing Layers of Identity Through Kinolau

Ref Link: Ola Participant Handbook Theme LEADING SELF: UNEARTHING LAYERS OF OUR IDENTITY THRU KINOLAU Participants will embark on a leadership journey by sharing artifacts that represent their identity, making lau lau to explore leadership connections, and immersing in the stories of Nāonealaʻa and Laʻamaikahiki to deepen their sense of

Research: OCR/ICR/LVLM for digitization of text

Description Simplest steps forward to create a searchable ʻŌlelo Noʻeau database. * collect the text: gather all the ʻŌlelo Noʻeau (have the book, would be cool to include audio forms found in ulukau) * OCR will recognize characters and convert them into editable formats like .txt etc. * manual correction: this is important

Prototyping with v0

Prototype Description A web app / resource for ʻōlelo noʻeau that allows visitors to interact with the text in a dynamic way. Unique Problem, Curiosity, or Goal: These text are a unique resource into lāhui consciousness of the past. These sayings help to define an ʻōiwi mindset, and give insights to

(Post-WIP) AI Deep Research

* People * David * Idea * Test available AI Deep Research tools with multiple people to compare answers/results * Details * OpenAI Deep Research * Perplexity Deep Research * Open-source: gpt-researcher * Open-source: HuggingFace's Open Deep Research

(Post-WIP) AI Agents for Browser Use

* People * David * Joe * Idea * Test available AI Browser Use tools - "can an LLM use my browser to order me Taco Bell?" * Details * OpenAI Operator * Open-source: browser-use

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