How to create a chat app running locally on a laptop using a Hugging Face model

chat.py

import time
from transformers import pipeline, Conversation

model_name = "facebook/blenderbot-400M-distill"

start = time.time()
converse = pipeline("conversational", model=model_name)
print(f"Model loaded. Time taken: {time.time() - start} seconds")

conversation = Conversation()

while True:
    user_input = input("You: ")
    if user_input.lower() == "quit":
        break
    start = time.time()
    conversation.add_user_input(user_input)
    response = converse([conversation])
    print(f"Bot: {response.generated_responses[-1]}")
    print(f"Response received. Time taken: {time.time() - start} seconds")