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title: Ml Sensei Chat
emoji: 📈
colorFrom: red
colorTo: yellow
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 6.0.2
app_file: app.py
pinned: false
license: mit
short_description: A place to chat to an ML training LoRA of TinyLlama.
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# 🥋 ML Sensei — TinyLlama LoRA Chat
*A lightweight interactive tutor for machine learning concepts.*
Welcome to **ML Sensei**, a fine-tuned TinyLlama model designed to **teach machine learning concepts with clarity, intuition, and gentleness**.
This Space provides an interactive chat interface where you can ask ML Sensei questions about:
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Neural networks
- Optimization
- Training loops
- Data science fundamentals
- Applied concepts and intuition
ML Sensei uses a **LoRA adapter** fine-tuned on a custom instruction dataset built from curated ML texts, chunk-based self-generated Q&A, intuitive breakdowns, and code-ready explanations.
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## 🧠 Model Details
**Base Model:**
[TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0](https://huggingface.co/TinyLlama/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0)
**LoRA Adapter:**
mackenzietechdocs/ml-sensei-lora-tinyllama-1.1b
**Architecture:**
- Decoder-only Transformer
- Chat-tuned
- LoRA-adapted for ML instruction
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## 🧩 What ML Sensei Can Do
ML Sensei specializes in:
### ✔ Beginner-friendly explanations
Breaks down ML ideas into approachable, intuitive pieces.
### ✔ Simple analogies + concept-first teaching
Uses everyday intuition instead of heavy math when possible.
### ✔ Helpful follow-up questions
Ask more and ML Sensei will guide you deeper step-by-step.
### ✔ Code examples on request
Provides PyTorch or pseudocode snippets when helpful.
### ✔ Checking your understanding
Ask ML Sensei to quiz you on a topic!
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## ▶️ How to Use This Space
Just type a question into the chat box:
Example prompts:
- *“Explain gradient descent simply.”*
- *“What is weight decay?”*
- *“How does cross-entropy work conceptually?”*
- *“Can you quiz me on neural networks?”*
- *“Write a small PyTorch example showing a training loop.”*
ML Sensei will respond with high-quality educational text aimed at clarity and intuition.
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## ⚙️ Technical Details
This app loads:
1. The **TinyLlama 1.1B Chat model**
2. The **ML Sensei LoRA adapter** via PEFT
3. A **Gradio chat interface** for interactive conversation
4. TinyLlama’s official chat template for structured inputs
The LoRA adds:
- Improved conceptual explanations
- Beginner-friendly language
- Educational reasoning patterns
- Stepwise breakdowns
- Vocabulary simplification
The underlying LLM remains safe, stable, and compact enough to run on **CPU**.
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## 📦 Environment & Requirements
The Space installs:
```
transformers
peft
gradio
accelerate
torch
sentencepiece
```
Inference runs on CPU unless upgraded to GPU.
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## 📜 License
- Base model license: TinyLlama License
- LoRA adapter license: Apache 2.0
- Dataset used: Fully model-generated instructional text
Users must comply with the base model license.
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## 🛡 Safety
ML Sensei is designed for **educational purposes only**.
It is **not** a certified resource for:
- Academic evaluation
- Recruitment / hiring
- Safety-critical decision making
Please report issues via “Community” tab.
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## 🤝 Contributing
If you'd like to extend ML Sensei with:
- More curriculum topics
- More examples
- Better reasoning chains
- Additional Q&A datasets
Feel free to open a PR or connect with me on GitHub or Hugging Face!
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## ✨ Philosophy
> **Machine learning becomes easier when taught patiently and simply.**
ML Sensei exists to make ML concepts less intimidating — and to help more learners enter the AI field confidently.
Enjoy chatting with your tutor, and may your gradients always descend! 🧘‍♀️📉