arXiv:2605.04477cs.LG2026-05

让大模型根据历史反馈主动探索高不确定性区域,提升在线强化学习的样本效率。

Data-dependent Exploration for Online Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

  • 利用历史偏好数据构建不确定性奖励,引导模型探索潜在高价值行为
  • 在多个基准上显著优于基线,提升样本效率
  • 适合需要高效迭代优化的大模型对齐任务

在线强化学习从人类反馈(RLHF)已成为对齐大语言模型(LLMs)的有前景范式,通过训练中持续收集新偏好反馈实现。其核心挑战是探索问题:需设计算法使LLM生成具有信息量的比较,以提升在线RLHF中的样本效率。现有探索策略通常基于策略内期望计算奖励,但受限于训练中有限的历史偏好数据,难以可靠估计;导致策略过早抑制可能包含高价值行为的低探索区域。本文提出数据依赖探索(DEPO),一种简单且可扩展的方法,利用历史数据构建额外不确定性奖励,激励模型向高不确定性区域探索,可能蕴含高价值数据。理论上,我们为该算法提供了数据依赖的遗憾界,表明其能自适应学习任务难度,在实际中可优于最坏情况界限。实验表明,该方法在多个基准上持续优于强基线,展现出更高的样本效率。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Online reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) has emerged as a promising paradigm for aligning large language models (LLMs) by continuously collecting new preference feedback during training. A foundational challenge in this setting is exploration, which requires algorithms that enable the LLMs to generate informative comparisons that improve sample-efficiency in online RLHF. Existing exploration strategies often derive bonuses via on-policy expectations, which are difficult to estimate reliably from the limited historical preference data available during training; as a result, the policy can prematurely down-weight under-explored regions that may contain high-value behaviors. In this paper, we propose data-dependent exploration for preference optimization (DEPO), a simple and scalable method that leverages historical data to construct an extra uncertainty bonus for high-uncertainty regions, encouraging exploration toward potentially high-value data. Theoretically, we provide a data-dependent regret bound for the proposed algorithm, showing that it adapts to the hardness of the learning task itself and can be tighter than worst-case bounds in practice. Empirically, the proposed method consistently outperforms strong baselines across benchmarks, demonstrating improved sample efficiency.

强化学习大模型对齐在线学习探索策略

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