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Sam: subjectively, having listened to four or five or the last inaugural addresses , the results make sense. Which AI Tool did you use, did you use perhaps more than one tool? There are so many now. Some food for further thought: One cautionary comment, that may not directly apply to this analysis, but may still be worthwhile considering in future analyses using AI, is the tool's political bias . The link below provides a review of same (and I recognize that this was sponsored by the Manhattan Institute, so a liberal think tank may draw different conclusions!). I would also wonder whether there is some effect of the way each President uses certain phrases : what may sound negative to one set of listeners with a certain political bias, may sound positive to another listener.

https://manhattan.institute/article/measuring-political-preferences-in-ai-systems-an-integrative-approach?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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That is such a creative idea to use AI in that way and interesting comparison that unfolded. Trump's inheriting a country in much better shape than FDR did, makes me wonder how much a speech reflects the country and how much it reflects the speakers psyche?

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