让大模型自己优化长文本推理能力,无需人工标注。
Large Language Models Can Self-Improve in Long-context Reasoning
- 用最小贝叶斯风险评分多个输出,筛选优质推理路径。
- 在Llama-3.1-8B上提升4.2分,效果优于依赖专家数据的方法。
- 适合想实现模型自进化、减少人工干预的研究者。
大语言模型在处理长上下文方面已取得显著进展,但在长文本推理上仍存在困难。现有方法通常依赖人工专家或高级模型(如GPT-4)生成合成数据进行微调,限制了进一步发展。为此,本文研究大模型在长文本推理中的自我改进潜力,提出 extsc{ours}方法:对每个问题采样多个输出,使用最小贝叶斯风险(Minimum Bayes Risk)进行评分,并基于这些评分结果进行监督微调或偏好优化。在多个主流大模型上的大量实验表明,该方法有效,使Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct的性能绝对提升4.2分。此外, extsc{ours}的表现优于依赖人工或高级模型生成数据的先前方法。本工作为长文本场景下的模型自进化提供了新路径,对大模型持续发展具有重要意义。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large language models (LLMs) have achieved substantial progress in processing long contexts but still struggle with long-context reasoning. Existing approaches typically involve fine-tuning LLMs with synthetic data, which depends on annotations from human experts or advanced models like GPT-4, thus restricting further advancements. To address this issue, we investigate the potential for LLMs to self-improve in long-context reasoning and propose \ours, an approach specifically designed for this purpose. This approach is straightforward: we sample multiple outputs for each question, score them with Minimum Bayes Risk, and then apply supervised fine-tuning or preference optimization based on these outputs. Extensive experiments on several leading LLMs demonstrate the effectiveness of \ours, with an absolute improvement of $4.2$ points for Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Furthermore, \ours achieves superior performance compared to prior approaches that depend on data produced by human experts or advanced models. We anticipate that this work will open new avenues for self-improvement techniques in long-context scenarios, which are essential for the continual advancement of LLMs.
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