rafiki-chatbot

Rafiki Chatbot 🤗

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A supportive AI assistant for caregivers of autistic children

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🌟 Overview

Rafiki Chatbot is a fine-tuned language model specifically designed to provide emotional support, practical advice, and compassionate responses to caregivers of autistic children. The name "Rafiki" means "friend" in Swahili, reflecting the chatbot's supportive and friendly nature.

🎯 Purpose

This model helps caregivers who are:

• Feeling overwhelmed or exhausted
• Seeking strategies for managing challenging behaviors
• Looking for emotional support and validation
• Needing practical advice for daily caregiving challenges
• Seeking understanding and community

🏗️ Model Details

• Base Model: microsoft/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
• Fine-tuning Method: LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation)
• Training Data: Custom caregiver support conversations
• Language: English
• Context Length: 4,000 tokens

📊 Training Data

The model was fine-tuned on a carefully curated dataset including:

• Caregiver support conversations
• Autism parenting strategies
• Emotional support dialogues
• Crisis management scenarios
• Daily routine optimization tips

🚀 Usage

Using the Inference API

from transformers import pipeline

# Initialize the chatbot
chatbot = pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model="Tizzu668/rafiki-chatbot",
    device_map="auto"
)

# Example conversation
prompt = "### Question:\nI'm feeling overwhelmed with my autistic child's constant needs\n### Answer:\n"

response = chatbot(
    prompt,
    max_new_tokens=128,
    temperature=0.7,
    do_sample=True
)

print(response[0]['generated_text'])