用跨模型熵做无标签强化学习,让大模型自纠错误不被误导。
Label-Free Reinforcement Learning via Cross-Model Entropy
- 引入独立验证模型计算生成结果的平均对数似然作为奖励信号
- 在多个模型和训练阶段上均显著优于基线,胜率最高达71.4%
- 适合开放指令遵循任务,避免自洽性陷阱,无需人工标注
大语言模型后训练中的强化学习受奖励信号瓶颈制约。现有方法要么依赖可验证的真值奖励(如数学、代码执行),要么依赖昂贵且易被操纵的人工偏好标签。近期无标签方法采用模型自身输出的多数投票或词元熵等自参考信号,但可能放大模型自身错误。本文提出跨模型熵(CME),即生成模型输出在独立验证模型下的平均对数似然,作为无标签奖励信号。该信号连续、无需训练,基于验证模型认为不意外的响应更可能是正确或高质量的原理。由于验证模型与生成模型独立,无法通过自我一致性作弊。我们将CME集成到GRPO中,无需修改训练流程,将无标签强化学习扩展至开放指令遵循场景——此前自参考信号不适用或表现不佳。在开放指令遵循任务(UltraFeedback提示,基于AlpacaEval 2.0评估)中,使用CME奖励的模型在四个模型家族(Qwen, Llama, Gemma, OLMo)和三种训练阶段(预训练、SFT、指令微调)下,均在与未训练基线的对抗比较中胜出,调整平局后的胜率范围为52.5%至71.4%。代码将在发表后公开。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Post-training large language models with reinforcement learning is bottlenecked by the reward signal. Existing approaches require either ground-truth verifiable rewards, restricting training to domains with automatic correctness checks (e.g., mathematics, code execution), or human preference labels, which are expensive to collect and prone to reward hacking. Recent label-free methods replace ground-truth verifiers with self-referential signals like majority voting or token entropy over a model's own outputs, but risk reinforcing a model's own errors. In this work we propose Cross-Model Entropy (CME), the mean log-likelihood of a generator's response under a separate verifier model, as a label-free reward signal for RL post-training. CME is continuous, training-free, and grounded in the principle that responses a verifier finds unsurprising are likely correct or high quality. Because the verifier is independent of the generator, the signal cannot be gamed through self-consistency. We integrate CME into GRPO with no other changes to the training loop, extending label-free RL to open-ended instruction following -- a regime where self-referential signals are inapplicable or poorly suited. On open-ended instruction following (UltraFeedback prompts, evaluated on AlpacaEval 2.0), CME rewards beat the untrained base in head-to-head LLM-as-Judge comparisons across four model families (Qwen, Llama, Gemma, OLMo) and three training regimes (pretrained, SFT, and instruction-tuned), with tie-adjusted win rates ranging from 52.5% to 71.4%. Code will be released upon publication.
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