---
datasets:
- luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio-Dataset
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- biology
- chatgpt
- llama
- vicuna
- tutorbot
- conversation
---
**NOTE: This "diff model" cannot be used directly.**  
Users have to apply it on top of the original LLaMA weights to get actual Spock weights.  
Please find the instructions here: https://github.com/luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio.
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# Spock Model Card

## Github details
Please checkout the repo: https://github.com/luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio.

## Model details

**Model type:**
Spock is an open-source educational tutoring chatbot trained by fine-tuning LLaMA and Vicuna model on synthetic student-tutorbot conversations generated using a specialized prompt.

**Model date:**
Spock was trained between April 2023 and May 2023.

**Organizations developing the model:**
The Spock team with members from Rice University and OpenStax.

## Training dataset
700 conversations generated using a [specialized prompt](https://github.com/luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio/blob/main/prompts/conversation_gen/v3.txt) from GPT-4. 
Dataset link: https://huggingface.co/datasets/luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio-Dataset

**Paper or resources for more information:**
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13272

**Code or resources for more information:**
https://github.com/luffycodes/Tutorbot-Spock-Bio

**License:**
Apache License 2.0

**Where to send questions or comments about the model:**
Shashank Sonkar (ss164@rice.edu)

If you use this work, please cite:
CLASS Meet SPOCK: An Education Tutoring Chatbot based on Learning Science Principles
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13272
```
@misc{sonkar2023class,
      title={CLASS Meet SPOCK: An Education Tutoring Chatbot based on Learning Science Principles}, 
      author={Shashank Sonkar and Lucy Liu and Debshila Basu Mallick and Richard G. Baraniuk},
      year={2023},
      eprint={2305.13272},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CL}
}
```