Entry #106
Word Salsa
Rick Stemm
Stevan Zivadinovic
An interactive kiosk that uses artificial intelligence to automatically generate unique poems that are read aloud and printed for each visitor. Poems are generated based on the input database that is fed into the system; for Tokyo, the database can contain works by Tokyo-based poets.
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
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• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
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• Degree of commercial potential
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• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
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• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
1 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)