用群体语言反馈提升强化学习探索效率,样本利用率提高2.2倍
Bootstrapping Exploration with Group-Level Natural Language Feedback in Reinforcement Learning
- 聚合外部批评与组内尝试的群体语言反馈,生成可执行优化建议
- 在稀疏奖励区域实现更高效探索,样本效率比纯标量奖励方法高2.2倍
- 适合需要高效试错的复杂任务场景,如智能体自主规划
大语言模型在与环境交互中常获得多样化的自然语言(NL)反馈,但现有强化学习(RL)算法仅依赖标量奖励,导致语言反馈中的丰富信息被浪费,探索效率低下。本文提出GOLF框架,显式利用群体级语言反馈,通过可操作的优化建议引导目标化探索。GOLF聚合两类互补反馈:(i) 外部批评,指出错误或提出具体修正;(ii) 组内尝试,提供替代性部分思路与多样化失败模式。这些群体反馈被整合为高质量优化建议,以离策略支架形式自适应注入训练,在稀疏奖励区域提供精准指导。同时,GOLF在统一的强化学习循环中联合优化生成与优化能力,形成持续提升的良性循环。在可验证与不可验证基准测试中,GOLF均表现出更优性能与探索效率,相比仅使用标量奖励的RL方法,样本效率提升2.2倍。代码已公开于https://github.com/LuckyyySTA/GOLF。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Large language models (LLMs) typically receive diverse natural language (NL) feedback through interaction with the environment. However, current reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms rely solely on scalar rewards, leaving the rich information in NL feedback underutilized and leading to inefficient exploration. In this work, we propose GOLF, an RL framework that explicitly exploits group-level language feedback to guide targeted exploration through actionable refinements. GOLF aggregates two complementary feedback sources: (i) external critiques that pinpoint errors or propose targeted fixes, and (ii) intra-group attempts that supply alternative partial ideas and diverse failure patterns. These group-level feedbacks are aggregated to produce high-quality refinements, which are adaptively injected into training as off-policy scaffolds to provide targeted guidance in sparse-reward regions. Meanwhile, GOLF jointly optimizes generation and refinement within a unified RL loop, creating a virtuous cycle that continuously improves both capabilities. Experiments on both verifiable and non-verifiable benchmarks show that GOLF achieves superior performance and exploration efficiency, achieving 2.2$\times$ improvements in sample efficiency compared to RL methods trained solely on scalar rewards. Code is available at https://github.com/LuckyyySTA/GOLF.
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