jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier

DistilBERT Command Classifier

A fine-tuned DistilBERT model for classifying user commands and questions with high accuracy, including handling of typos and variations.

Model Details

Model Description

This model is a fine-tuned version of distilbert-base-uncased specifically trained to classify various command types from user input. It's designed to handle natural language commands with typos, variations in phrasing, and different command intents.

• Developed by: jhonacmarvik
• Model type: Text Classification (Sequence Classification)
• Language(s): English
• License: Apache 2.0
• Finetuned from model: distilbert-base-uncased

Model Sources

• Base Model: distilbert-base-uncased
• Framework: PyTorch + Transformers

Uses

Direct Use

This model can be directly used for:

• Command intent classification - Identify what action the user wants to perform
• Voice assistant routing - Route commands to appropriate handlers
• Natural language interface control - Control systems through natural language
• Question vs Command detection - Distinguish between questions and actionable commands

Example Usage

from transformers import pipeline

# Load the classifier
classifier = pipeline(
    "text-classification",
    model="jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier",
    top_k=3
)

# Single prediction
result = classifier("Turn on all work lights")
print(result)
# Output: [
#   {'label': 'turn_on_lights', 'score': 0.9234},
#   {'label': 'increase_brightness', 'score': 0.0543},
#   {'label': 'turn_off_lights', 'score': 0.0123}
# ]

# Batch prediction
commands = [
    "Turn on all work lights",
    "Decrease the brightness",
    "What's the temperature?"
]
results = classifier(commands)

Alternative Usage (Manual)

from transformers import AutoModelForSequenceClassification, AutoTokenizer
import torch

model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(
    "jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier"
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(
    "jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier"
)

device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
model.to(device)
model.eval()

# Tokenize
text = "Turn on all work lights"
tokens = tokenizer(text, return_tensors="pt", padding=True, truncation=True)
tokens = {k: v.to(device) for k, v in tokens.items()}

# Predict
with torch.no_grad():
    outputs = model(**tokens)
    probs = torch.softmax(outputs.logits, dim=-1)
    predicted_class = torch.argmax(probs, dim=-1)
    
print(f"Predicted: {model.config.id2label[predicted_class.item()]}")
print(f"Confidence: {probs[0][predicted_class].item():.4f}")

Downstream Use

Can be integrated into:

• Smart home systems
• Voice assistants
• Chatbots and conversational AI
• IoT device control interfaces
• Natural language command parsers

Out-of-Scope Use

This model is NOT suitable for:

• Commands outside its training vocabulary
• Languages other than English
• Sentiment analysis or emotion detection
• General text classification tasks unrelated to commands
• Safety-critical applications without human oversight

Bias, Risks, and Limitations

• Vocabulary Limitation: Model is trained on specific command types and may not generalize to completely novel command categories
• Typo Handling: While trained on variations with typos, extreme misspellings may reduce accuracy
• Context Awareness: Model processes single utterances and doesn't maintain conversation context
• Language: Only supports English language commands

Recommendations

• Implement confidence thresholds (e.g., > 0.7) before executing commands
• Provide fallback mechanisms for low-confidence predictions
• Add human-in-the-loop for critical operations
• Monitor model performance on production data and retrain periodically
• Test thoroughly with your specific use case before deployment

Training Details

Training Data

• Dataset: Custom dataset of command variations with intentional typos and paraphrases
• Size: Multiple variations per command class
• Format: CSV with text variations and corresponding labels
• Split: 80% training, 20% validation (stratified)

Training Procedure

Preprocessing

• Text converted to lowercase
• Tokenization using DistilBERT tokenizer
• Maximum sequence length: 128 tokens
• Padding and truncation applied

Training Hyperparameters

• Training regime: FP32
• Optimizer: AdamW
• Learning rate: 2e-5
• Warmup steps: 100
• Weight decay: 0.01
• Batch size: 16 (per device)
• Number of epochs: 10
• Early stopping patience: 3 epochs
• Evaluation strategy: Per epoch
• Best model selection: Based on eval_loss

Hardware & Software

• Framework: PyTorch + Transformers (Hugging Face)
• Base model: distilbert-base-uncased
• Hardware: GPU (CUDA-enabled) or CPU compatible

Evaluation

Metrics

The model was evaluated using:

• Accuracy: Overall classification accuracy
• F1 Score: Per-class and macro-averaged F1
• Precision & Recall: Per-class metrics
• Confusion Matrix: Visual representation of classification performance
• ROC-AUC: Per-class ROC curves

Results

Model achieves high accuracy on the validation set with strong performance across all command classes. Detailed metrics are available in the training outputs.

Note: Specific metrics depend on your final training results. Update with actual values after training.

How to Get Started

Installation

pip install transformers torch

Quick Start

from transformers import pipeline

classifier = pipeline(
    "text-classification", 
    model="jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier"
)

result = classifier("Turn on the lights")
print(result)

Production Deployment

For production use with custom loading pattern:

import os
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForSequenceClassification, AutoTokenizer

class CommandClassifier:
    def __init__(self):
        model_path = "jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier"
        self.device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
        
        self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path)
        self.model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained(model_path)
        self.model.to(self.device)
        self.model.eval()
    
    def predict(self, text: str, top_k: int = 3):
        tokens = self.tokenizer(text, return_tensors="pt", padding=True, truncation=True)
        tokens = {k: v.to(self.device) for k, v in tokens.items()}
        
        with torch.no_grad():
            logits = self.model(**tokens).logits
            probs = torch.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
            top_probs, top_indices = torch.topk(probs, k=top_k)
        
        results = []
        for prob, idx in zip(top_probs[0], top_indices[0]):
            results.append({
                "label": self.model.config.id2label[idx.item()],
                "score": float(prob.item())
            })
        return results

# Usage
classifier = CommandClassifier()
result = classifier.predict("Turn on lights", top_k=3)

Environmental Impact

Training a single model on standard GPU hardware has minimal environmental impact compared to large language models. This model uses a lightweight DistilBERT architecture which is significantly more efficient than full BERT models.

• Hardware Type: GPU (CUDA-enabled)
• Compute Region: [Your region]
• Carbon Impact: Minimal due to efficient architecture

Technical Specifications

Model Architecture

• Base Architecture: DistilBERT (6-layer, 768-hidden, 12-heads)
• Parameters: ~66M parameters
• Classification Head: Linear layer for multi-class classification
• Dropout: 0.1 (default DistilBERT configuration)
• Activation: GELU

Compute Infrastructure

Hardware

• Compatible with CPU and GPU (CUDA)
• Recommended: GPU with 4GB+ VRAM for faster inference
• Works on CPU for low-volume applications

Software

• Python 3.8+
• PyTorch 2.0+
• Transformers 4.30+
• CUDA 11.0+ (for GPU acceleration)

Citation

If you use this model in your research or application, please cite:

@misc{distilbert-command-classifier,
  author = {jhonacmarvik},
  title = {DistilBERT Command Classifier},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {HuggingFace},
  howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/jhonacmarvik/distilbert-command-classifier}}
}

Model Card Authors

jhonacmarvik

Model Card Contact

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