Where Should I Eat? - Backend

Hungry, but can't figure out a place nearby to eat? Craving something sweet? Spicy or mild? Pizza or sushi?
Use the WhereShouldIEat Chatbot to help you decide!

Submission for CalHacks AI LLM Hackathon (Summer 2023) - Achieved top 30% (ranking) of submissions

Demo Video

Collaborators

• Ryan Campbell
• Harry Lai
• Shulu Li
• Rishi Khare

Factored Cognition Chatbot

• Ask a series of questions about proximity/location, occasion, price, etc.
• From user responses to questions, output a recommended restaurant

App workflow:

• App tells user an initial question: occasion/location preference/etc.
• User types in answer, hits enter
• User’s response is sent to OpenAI API, formatted with correct prompt
• Repeat: (factored cognition)
  • Chat gives user another question about their preference
  • User types response, hits enter
  • User’s response is sent to OpenAI API, formatted with correct prompt
• OpenAI generates search input to Google Maps API, then returns information to user
• possibly use OpenAI to refine input to Google Maps API, then return refined information to user

Commands

To install

pip install -r requirements.txt

To Run Application

flask run