PodBot: Podcast Archive Search Engine

Founding Product Engineer • PodBot • June 2023 - June 2024

Developed an automatic system utilizing LLMs to semantically parse media archives from RSS feeds and interactively engage users with reliable, real source attribution (using real audio). Primarily worked on retrieval search mechanisms (RAGs), LLMs, database management, and product strategy. Oversaw multiple live tests in partnership with NPR.

Python - React Native - Firebase

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AI Essay Evaluator: Reviewing College Apps with LLMs

Ori Spector & Nick Walker • Conversational Virtual Assistants with Deep Learning • December 2023

A comprehensive study on the development and evaluation of an LLM-driven tool designed to assist in the grading and constructive feedback of Common App personal essays.

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Style Emulation with LORA in Text Generation

Ori Spector & Luke Mann • Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning • March 2023

Investigating the potential of Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for style transfer text generation, with the aim of emulating the writing styles of two prominent politicians, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

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Improving LLM code generated policies using Multi-Agent Reasoning Frameworks

Ori Spector • Topics in Advanced Robotic Manipulation • December 2024

Multi-agent reasoning chain-of-thought framework to improve code policy generation for robotic tasks, building upon previous Code as Policies research.

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Planet Money Bot

Ori Spector, Tara Parekh, Wenna Qin, & Millie Lin • Computational Journalism • March 2023

Our goal was to build on OpenAI’s powerful generative language model optimize a RAG for Planet Money’s podcast archive.

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An Exploration of ResNet Fine-tuning for Fitness Pose Classification

Ori Spector & Nick Walker • Deep Learning for Computer Vision • June 2023

A novel methodology combining pose estimation techniques with deep learning models to accurately classify fitness exercises.

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Turning Pages with Reinforcement: An MDP Approach to Book Recommendations

Ori Spector & Pannisy Zhao • Decision Making Under Uncertainty • December 2024

A MDP modeling approach addressing the sequential decision-making problem of recommending books to users based on their historical interactions.

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