Show HN: Researching politics with Claude Code and 55 years of UN speeches
2 months ago
- #AI in Humanities
- #Historical Analysis
- #UN Research
- Research analyzes over 75 years of UN General Assembly debates for trends and insights.
- Identifies most quoted figures in UN speeches over the last 15 years, including Mandela and Churchill.
- Traces the evolution of Greenland's role in UN discussions from Cold War to climate change.
- Examines the 54-year development of the two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
- Analyzes shifts in UN discourse on military buildup from superpower accusations to small-nation advocacy.
- Explores AI-assisted humanities research using Claude Code for data analysis and pattern recognition.
- Highlights conversational exploration where AI translates natural language into SQL queries for research.
- Details database enhancement by AI, including designing tables and writing extraction scripts.
- Discusses pattern recognition capabilities of AI in testing hypotheses quickly.
- Emphasizes iterative refinement in research through constant adjustments and validations.
- Questions if AI coding agents can make humanities research more accessible by lowering technical barriers.
- Presents the project as a case study of AI-assisted research from data exploration to visualization.