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 # Coopertron 5000
 
+Using AI to synthesize viewpoints to build consensus while highlighting novel
+ideas or dissent.
+
 A benevolent robot that reads the co-op's anonymous pre-meeting braindump and
 tells the members what they said. Built for Inference Cooperative meetings.
 Members answer a short form before a meeting (ideas, wants, needs, goals,