让大模型逐步反思优化回答,提升准确性和思考深度。
Think Thrice Before You Act: Progressive Thought Refinement in Large Language Models
- 通过双模型协作构建高质量反思数据集,保证思维连贯性
- 在十项任务中平均准确率从49.6%提升至53.5%,无需特定微调
- 适用于开放任务,能显著提升回答质量而非仅准确率
近期大语言模型进展表明,逐步反思优化比一次性输出更能提升结果的准确性和思考深度。然而,现有方法通常依赖监督信号评估前序回答,在更开放的任务中难以有效判断输出质量,且多针对特定任务设计,泛化能力有限。为此,我们提出渐进式思维优化(Progressive Thought Refinement, PTR)框架,使大模型能逐步优化其回答。该框架分两阶段:(1) 思维数据构建阶段:采用弱模型与强模型协同选择策略,构建高质量渐进式优化数据集,确保从思维到答案的逻辑一致性,且答案在每轮中逐步改进;(2) 思维掩码微调阶段:设计训练结构,对‘思维’部分进行掩码并调整损失权重,促使模型学会如何改进先前思维,而非单纯学习正确答案。实验结果表明,PTR在十项不同任务中显著提升模型性能(平均从49.6%提升至53.5%),且无需任务特定微调。尤其在开放性任务中,模型不仅准确率提升,回答质量也明显改善,说明PTR真正实现了模型的持续自我优化。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated that progressive refinement, rather than providing a single answer, results in more accurate and thoughtful outputs. However, existing methods often rely heavily on supervision signals to evaluate previous responses, making it difficult to assess output quality in more open-ended scenarios effectively. Additionally, these methods are typically designed for specific tasks, which limits their generalization to new domains. To address these limitations, we propose Progressive Thought Refinement (PTR), a framework that enables LLMs to refine their responses progressively. PTR operates in two phases: (1) Thought data construction stage: We propose a weak and strong model collaborative selection strategy to build a high-quality progressive refinement dataset to ensure logical consistency from thought to answers, and the answers are gradually refined in each round. (2) Thought-Mask Fine-Tuning Phase: We design a training structure to mask the "thought" and adjust loss weights to encourage LLMs to refine prior thought, teaching them to implicitly understand "how to improve" rather than "what is correct." Experimental results show that PTR significantly enhances LLM performance across ten diverse tasks (avg. from 49.6% to 53.5%) without task-specific fine-tuning. Notably, in more open-ended tasks, LLMs also demonstrate substantial improvements in the quality of responses beyond mere accuracy, suggesting that PTR truly teaches LLMs to self-improve over time.
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