Hands-On Activity: Building a Q&A Bot Using LLaMA

In this hands-on activity, you will build a simple Question-Answering (QA) Bot using a pre-trained LLaMA model via the Hugging Face API.

Steps:

1. Set Up Environment:
   • Install Python packages like transformers, torch, and huggingface_hub.
   • Import the necessary libraries for working with the Hugging Face API.
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   pip install transformers torch huggingface_hub

2. Load the Pre-trained LLaMA Model:
   • Use the Hugging Face API to load the LLaMA model for question answering.
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   from transformers import pipeline

   # Load the LLaMA QA model
qa_pipeline = pipeline("question-answering", model="facebook/llama-qa-model")


3. Prepare Context and Ask a Question:
   • Provide a context document and ask a question related to the text.
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   context = """
LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) is a transformer-based language model developed by Meta. It is designed to be efficient while maintaining high performance across a wide range of natural language processing tasks.
"""
question = "What is LLaMA?"
answer = qa_pipeline(question=question, context=context)
print(f"Answer: {answer['answer']}")

4. Test the Bot:
   • After running the code, the QA bot should return an answer based on the provided context. For example, if the context mentions LLaMA, it might answer with “a transformer-based language model developed by Meta.”
5. Enhance the Bot:
   • Fine-tune the model with a more specific dataset (e.g., product FAQs or a knowledge base) to improve its accuracy in specialized domains.
   • Optionally, deploy the bot using frameworks like Flask or FastAPI for real-time interactions.