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INTRODUCTION


"New Yorkers, where do you see yourselves going?

Where will AI lead us?
An AI-native game that uses URLs (powered by Gemini and Serp api) as exploration material, attempting to simulate real-time social spaces on the New York City subway. How to play? Players should listen and choose content that attracts their attention, they can choose up to 5 dialogues, then they will be teleported to somewhere on the internet.
The whole goal of the game is to simulate the attention mechanism of the language Transformer (from 'Attention is all you need, 2017'). In real life, passengers act as encoders, trying to determine what really needs attention, while AI acts as a decoder, determining the destination (URL) people want to go to. Trying to think about how people's attention is focused and deprived by the media when attention becomes a scarce resource, and ADHD is prevalent.

Personal Note
This game also reflects my feelings and experiences since I moved to New York nearly a year ago: fast-paced, fun, brand new, and chaotic. I was curious about how people find their goals and directions in this city, so I made this game.

Special Thanks to:
Aidan Nelson (Prof), Shawn Van Every (Prof), Wang Zhiyang, Ruby Zhang, Kay Cheng, Yuqian Sun (And all the people help me and encourage with coding)
Presented by:
Cory(Code, Art, Game Design)   Chenhang Cheng(Backend deployment) Jiayi Wu(Prensenter)
BGM:
endleSSStation (from dream dairy)
Duevt(Covered by Juliana Chahayed)
All the URL video copyrighrs belongs to themselves

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