Update app.py

app.py

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ if user_input:
     # Generate multiple responses with increased randomness (top_k_sampling)
     responses = conversational_bot(user_input, max_length=300, temperature=1, top_k=50, num_return_sequences=3, do_sample=True)
 
-    # Filter out any responses that are too similar to previous responses
+    # Filter out any responses that are too similar to previous responses or user input
     new_responses = [response['generated_text'] for response in responses]
-    new_responses = [resp for resp in new_responses if resp.lower() not in [prev.lower() for prev in st.session_state.previous_responses]]
+    new_responses = [resp for resp in new_responses if resp.lower() not in [prev.lower() for prev in st.session_state.previous_responses] and resp.lower() != user_input.lower()]
 
     # If there are valid new responses, pick one, otherwise fallback
     if new_responses: