让大模型在无验证任务中也能通过强化学习提升推理能力
Zero Reinforcement Learning Towards General Domains
- 用可验证奖励+生成式奖励模型实现跨领域推理训练
- 在数学和通用任务上均显著提升推理表现
- 适合需要强推理但难验证场景的研究者使用
零样本强化学习(Zero-RL)通过在预训练大语言模型上直接应用具有可验证奖励的强化学习,无需监督微调即可增强模型推理能力。然而现有研究主要集中在数学、编程等奖励易于验证的领域,对难以验证的多样化场景中激发推理能力的问题关注不足。为此,我们提出一种新零-RL范式,结合可验证奖励与生成式奖励模型,在可验证与不可验证领域间进行多任务零样本强化训练,促进推理能力迁移。为缓解生成式奖励模型中的奖励劫持问题,设计平滑长度惩罚项,鼓励在一般领域生成更完整的思考过程。在Qwen3-8B-Base和Qwen3-14B-Base上的实验表明,该方法不仅在需深度推理的任务上表现更优,也在更通用任务中实现性能提升。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Zero Reinforcement Learning (Zero-RL) has proven to be an effective approach for enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) by directly applying reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards on pretrained models, without the need for a supervised fine-tuning phase. However, current research on zero-RL primarily focuses on domains with easily verifiable reward signals, such as mathematics, programming, and other reasoning tasks. The challenge of eliciting reasoning abilities in more diverse scenarios, where verification is not straightforward, remains underexplored. To address this gap, we propose a novel zero-RL paradigm designed to improve a model's reasoning ability across both verifiable and non-verifiable domains. By combining verifiable rewards with a generative reward model, we conduct multi-task zero-RL training across both domains, facilitating the transfer of reasoning capabilities between them. Furthermore, to mitigate reward hacking in the generative reward model, we design a smooth length penalty that encourages the generation of more comprehensive thinking tokens in general domains. Experimental results on Qwen3-8B-Base and Qwen3-14B-Base demonstrate that our approach achieves superior reasoning performance, not only on tasks requiring extensive reasoning but also on more general tasks.
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