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[Feature Request] Custom "chat" HF datasets

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Description

The LoRa tuners's local datasets support the following data format:

{"messages": [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."}, 
              {"role": "user", "content": "Hello."}, 
              {"role": "assistant", "content": "How can I assistant you today."}]}

Some HF datasets, such as the UltraFeedback dataset, used for Direct Preference Optimization (see: HF DPO trainer and #513) use a (json) data format such as the following:

[ { "content": "...", "role": "user" }, { "content": "...", "role": "assistant" } ]

To incorporate the use of such HF datasets, it would be helpful to to generalize the use of prompt_feature, text_feature, and completion_feature to include chat_feature, which indicates the HF dataset feature to use for the chat template structure.

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Research direction

Start with the local dataset format described in LORA.md and trace how prompt_feature, text_feature, and completion_feature are handled for Hugging Face datasets. Define the chat_feature input for role/content message arrays and verify that a supported chat dataset can be used with the LoRA tuner.

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Tech stack
huggingface, python
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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