zkmine/dialectica

Dialectica

An AI-assisted active learning platform where the student interrogates the expert. You upload course material, then question, probe, and challenge an AI expert to deepen your own understanding. Every question you ask is classified in real time by a fine-tuned DistilBERT model into one of three cognitive levels (Surface, Mechanistic, Critical), driving a live knowledge coverage map.

The cognitive-level classifier runs locally in this Space. The expert dialogue is provided by DeepSeek or Gemini, selectable in the interface.

Configuration

This Space is configured via environment variables / secrets:

• —DEEPSEEK_API_KEY (secret) — for the DeepSeek expert
• —GEMINI_API_KEY (secret, optional) — for the Gemini expert
• —MODEL_REPO — the Hub repo id of the fine-tuned classifier (for example zkmine/dialectica-bloom)

Built for a graduate NLP course project. The classifier, dataset, and experiments are documented in the project repository.