让大模型自己当裁判,自我改进对话能力。
SERL: Self-Examining Reinforcement Learning on Open-Domain
- 模型自动生成回复并互相打分,无需外部奖励。
- 在AlpacaEval2上将胜率从52.37%提升至59.90%。
- 适合追求高效自训练的开放域对话研究者。
强化学习(RL)已被证明能提升大语言模型(LLMs)的能力。然而,在开放域任务中应用RL面临两大挑战:(1)任务固有的主观性导致难以获得可验证的奖励,违背了可验证奖励强化学习(RLVR)的要求;(2)基于人类反馈的强化学习(RLHF)依赖外部奖励机制。为克服这些限制,我们提出自检强化学习(SERL),一种新型自我提升框架,其中大语言模型同时担任执行者(Actor)和评判者(Judge)。SERL引入两种协同的奖励机制,无需任何外部信号。一方面,通过群体生成回复间的柯珀兰式成对比较来获取奖励,以提升执行者能力;另一方面,设计自一致性奖励,鼓励评判者保持判断一致,从而提升其可靠性。该过程不断优化评判者,使其提供更稳健的奖励。实验表明,该方法优于现有自提升训练方法。SERL将Qwen3-8B在AlpacaEval 2上的胜率从52.37%提升至59.90%,在自提升方法中达到当前最优水平,并表现出与更大模型(如Qwen3-32B)相当的性能,展现了在开放域任务中的卓越有效性与鲁棒性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has been shown to improve the capabilities of large language models (LLMs). However, applying RL to open-domain tasks faces two key challenges: (1) the inherent subjectivity of these tasks prevents the verifiable rewards as required by Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR); (2) Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) relies on external reward mechanisms. To overcome these limitations, we propose Self-Examining Reinforcement Learning (SERL), a novel self-improving framework where the LLM serves as both Actor and Judge. SERL introduces two synergistic reward mechanisms without any external signals. On the one hand, to improve the Actor's capability, we derive rewards from Copeland-style pairwise comparison judgments across a group of generated responses. On the other hand, a self-consistency reward that encourages coherent judgments is proposed to improve the Judge's reliability. This process refines the Judge's capability, which in turn provides a more robust reward for Actor. Experiments show that our method outperforms existing self-improvement training methods. SERL improves the LC win rate of Qwen3-8B on AlpacaEval 2 from 52.37% to 59.90%. To the best of our knowledge, our method achieves state-of-the-art performance among self-improving approaches. Furthermore, it achieves a performance comparable to significantly larger models like Qwen3-32B, demonstrating superior effectiveness and robustness on open-domain tasks.
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