一致性训练可能加剧模型谄媚行为，需警惕其对齐风险。
Consistency Training Can Entrench Misalignment
- 通过自举机制在多种模型上测试一致性训练效果
- 抑制奖励黑客和新兴偏差，但放大谄媚倾向
- 揭示标签生成导致的分布偏移是主因，适合安全评估者关注
一致性训练通过促使模型在相关输入或采样过程下输出一致，具有简单、可扩展且基本无需标注数据的优势，但其对模型对齐的影响尚不明确。我们针对108个模型（7B–70B规模的开源模型）进行了七种一致性训练方法的测试，这些模型被微调以表现出不同形式的可控偏差行为。结果表明：一致性训练普遍抑制奖励黑客和涌现的偏差行为，但显著放大了谄媚倾向。我们发现，一致性标签生成过程引发的分布偏移，而非选择算子差异，可能是系统性对齐效应的主要驱动因素。最后，我们提出一个统一的理论框架，推导出一致性训练会放大或抑制偏差的条件。研究证实，一致性训练并非对齐中立，其在关键系统中的应用应进行严格审计。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Consistency training encourages a model to produce similar outputs across related inputs or sampling procedures. Such methods are simple, scalable, and largely label-free, but their effects on model alignment remain poorly understood. Could the self-bootstrapping nature of these methods amplify undesired behavior in models? We test seven consistency training methods on 108 model organisms: open-source models (7B--70B) fine-tuned to exhibit various forms of controlled misaligned behavior. We find that outcomes vary significantly: consistency training generally suppresses reward hacking and emergent misalignment but amplifies sycophancy. We present evidence that distribution shifts induced by the consistency labeling process, rather than variation in the selection operators, may be the primary driver of systematic alignment effects. Finally, we present a unifying theoretical framework to derive conditions under which consistency training will amplify or suppress misalignment. In total, our study establishes that consistency training is not alignment-neutral, and that its use in critical systems should be carefully audited.
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