Ujao develops a projection system akin to a Mercator map that utilizes textual data from diverse sources to plot narrative trajectories. Neema, having met Austin at MIT, narrates their collaborative evolution, intertwining his background as a first-generation postgraduate and Austin's academic upbringing. The project leverages quantum computers to analyze possible futures, treating predictions akin to encryption decryption, reflecting on cultural biases and beliefs. The name 'Ujao', derived from Swahili, translates to 'upcoming', encapsulating their focus on future projections.
I was working on this idea of a projection, like a Mercator map, that would take all this textual information we could pull down from sources like The Pile, social media, news sites, and plot narrative trajectories across it.
Those trajectories were the raw material for our predictions. The quantum computer let us find the most likely options. Prediction is like breaking encryption, where history is a hashed key.
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