通过理论分析提升提示词优化,让大模型更符合人类价值观。
Align-Pro: A Principled Approach to Prompt Optimization for LLM Alignment
- 将提示词优化建模为可求解的数学问题,提供理论支撑。
- 实验表明即使无法微调模型,也能有效对齐大模型输出。
- 适合无法修改模型参数但需确保对齐的场景使用。
大语言模型(LLM)与人类价值观对齐至关重要,尤其在日益广泛的社会决策应用中。传统方法如基于人类反馈的强化学习(RLHF)通过微调模型参数实现对齐,但计算成本高,且在模型冻结或不可访问时难以应用。相比之下,提示词优化是替代方案。尽管已有研究显示其经验有效性,但理论基础仍不充分。本文将提示词优化形式化为优化问题,提供理论洞察,分析其最优性边界,并揭示其性能依赖于初始提示器和目标模型的特性。通过多个数据集的实验证明,即使无法进行参数微调,提示词优化仍能有效实现模型对齐。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The alignment of large language models (LLMs) with human values is critical as these models become increasingly integrated into various societal and decision-making processes. Traditional methods, such as reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), achieve alignment by fine-tuning model parameters, but these approaches are often computationally expensive and impractical when models are frozen or inaccessible for parameter modification. In contrast, prompt optimization is a viable alternative to RLHF for LLM alignment. While the existing literature has shown empirical promise of prompt optimization, its theoretical underpinning remains under-explored. We address this gap by formulating prompt optimization as an optimization problem and try to provide theoretical insights into the optimality of such a framework. To analyze the performance of the prompt optimization, we study theoretical suboptimality bounds and provide insights in terms of how prompt optimization depends upon the given prompter and target model. We also provide empirical validation through experiments on various datasets, demonstrating that prompt optimization can effectively align LLMs, even when parameter fine-tuning is not feasible.
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