***Anthropic Hackathon 2023: Facilitating language learning with [Amber](https://github.com/amberrignell) and [Louis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhorrell/) *** *(and Claude).* ![[IMG_5817.jpeg | 350]] ### The Problem If we strive to learn a new language, the most important part is to have someone to: - **Practice** conversation with - **Correct you** when you get things wrong and - **Teach you** new words. But what if you **can't afford a teacher**? What if you **don't know anyone** who speaks your target language? What if you don't want to put that **responsibility on a friend**? ### Enter Claude Claude is a conversational and safety-oriented LLM created by Anthropic. Our goal was to create a Telegram bot that helps you learn a language by conversing with you in that language, playing this "character" who is a fluent speaker and supporting you as you pick up the dialect. Claude Linguist will: - **Practice** conversational language with you. - **Introduce** you to new words. - **Correct** your grammar. - Handle speaking **multiple languages** at a time (e.g. Frenglish) and provide you the **translation** for those words you didn't know. ![[IMG_6B1932AF4F40-1.jpeg | 350]] ### How it works Telegram facilitates using Claude as easily as you would message a friend (although Claude is an AI, not a friend.) Rigorous prompt engineering structures Claude's response to highlight mistakes, teach new words and then include them the response. Here's the flow diagram for how Claude Linguist works: ![[Untitled.drawio.png]] ### What's next? We had great fun developing this project over the weekend for the Anthropic Hackathon, but we're not currently planning to take it further. However, I did get this Instagram advert the other day for [Langbuddy.ai](https://langbuddy.ai/), who are developing a language learning assistant, Carlota, through Whatsapp! It's very validating to see someone making a business from the same idea 💪 ![[langbuddy-feature-1.png | 350]] --- [![[Pasted image 20240110213631.png | 100]]](<https://github.com/amberrignell/anthropic-hack-2023>)