Simplifying Text Classification Using AI in
Python
Introduction
Customer reviews, social media posts, support tickets... it's enough to make your head
spin. But hey, who needs a headache when you've got ChatGPT? This demo will show
you how to effortlessly categorize and analyze all that text, so you can focus on what
really matters: understanding your customers.
In this demo, we'll explore how to use ChatGPT for text classification in Python. Text
classification involves categorizing text into predefined groups, which can be useful for
spam detection, sentiment analysis, and many other applications. By leveraging the
capabilities of ChatGPT, an advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI, we can
streamline this process significantly.
ChatGPT is designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input it
receives. This ability makes it a powerful tool for data scientists who need to perform
tasks such as text classification, as it can help in automating and enhancing the
accuracy of their work. In this step-by-step guide, we will demonstrate how to use the
OpenAI API to classify text data, providing detailed explanations for each step to ensure
even those with limited programming and machine learning backgrounds can follow
along.
Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Install Required Libraries
Before we start, we need to install the OpenAI library. This library allows us to interact
with the OpenAI API, which provides access to models like ChatGPT. Open your
terminal and run the following command:
pip install openai
Step 2: Import Necessary Libraries
In your Python script or Jupyter Notebook, import the required libraries. We will use the
OpenAI library to access ChatGPT and Pandas for handling our dataset.
import openai
import pandas as pd
Step 3: Set Up OpenAI API Key
To use the OpenAI API, you'll need an API key. This key is like a password that grants
you access to the API. If you don't have one, sign up at the OpenAI website and get
your API key. Once you have it, set it in your script:
openai.api_key = 'your-api-key-here'
This line of code authorizes your script to communicate with the OpenAI servers,
allowing you to use ChatGPT to process your data.
Step 4: Prepare Your Data
For this demo, we'll use a simple dataset with text samples and their corresponding
labels. We will create a small dataset using a Pandas DataFrame. Here’s an example
dataset that includes customer feedback and their sentiment labels (positive or
negative):
data = {
'text': [
'I love this product!',
'This is the worst experience I have ever had.',
'Absolutely fantastic service!',
'I am very disappointed with the quality.',
'I am so happy with my purchase.',
'Terrible customer support.'
],
'label': [
'positive',
'negative',
'positive',
'negative',
'positive',
'negative'
]
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
Step 5: Define the Classification Function
Next, we'll define a function that uses the OpenAI API to classify the text. This function
will send the text to ChatGPT, which will then analyze it and return the predicted label.
Here's how it works:
Send the text to ChatGPT: We use the openai.Completion.create method to
send the text and a prompt to the model.
Receive the prediction: ChatGPT processes the input and returns a prediction
based on its understanding of the text.
def classify_text(text):
response = openai.Completion.create(
engine="text-davinci-003",
prompt=f"Classify the sentiment of the following text:
{text}\n\nOptions: positive, negative",
max_tokens=10
)
return response.choices[0].text.strip()
This function constructs a prompt that asks ChatGPT to classify the sentiment of the
provided text as either "positive" or "negative".
Step 6: Apply the Function to Your Data
We can now apply the classify_text function to each text sample in our dataset. This
step involves iterating over each text entry, sending it to ChatGPT for classification, and
storing the results.
df['predicted_label'] = df['text'].apply(classify_text)
# Display the results
print(df)
This code applies our classification function to each row in the DataFrame and adds a
new column with the predicted labels.
Step 7: Evaluate the Results
Finally, let's evaluate the accuracy of our text classification by comparing the predicted
labels with the actual labels. This step helps us understand how well ChatGPT
performed the classification task.
accuracy = (df['label'] == df['predicted_label']).mean()
print(f'Accuracy: {accuracy * 100:.2f}%')
By calculating the accuracy, we can quantify the performance of our model.
Conclusion
In this demo, we've successfully used ChatGPT to perform text classification in Python.
This process demonstrates the potential of AI tools like ChatGPT to assist data
scientists in automating repetitive tasks, improving efficiency, and achieving higher
accuracy in their work.
By leveraging advanced language models, data scientists can quickly and accurately
categorize large volumes of text data, which is often a time-consuming task when done
manually. The ability to understand and generate human-like text makes ChatGPT an
invaluable tool for various natural language processing tasks.
Moreover, the ease of integrating such AI tools into existing workflows, as demonstrated
in this guide, empowers even those with limited technical backgrounds to utilize
sophisticated machine learning models. This democratization of AI technology can lead
to more widespread adoption and innovation across different fields and industries.
