Examining Inter-Consistency of Large Language Models Collaboration: An In-depth Analysis via Debate

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Main Authors: Xiong, Kai, Ding, Xiao, Cao, Yixin, Liu, Ting, Qin, Bing
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Published: 2023
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author Xiong, Kai
Ding, Xiao
Cao, Yixin
Liu, Ting
Qin, Bing
author_facet Xiong, Kai
Ding, Xiao
Cao, Yixin
Liu, Ting
Qin, Bing
contents Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown impressive capabilities in various applications, but they still face various inconsistency issues. Existing works primarily focus on the inconsistency issues within a single LLM, while we complementarily explore the inter-consistency among multiple LLMs for collaboration. To examine whether LLMs can collaborate effectively to achieve a consensus for a shared goal, we focus on commonsense reasoning, and introduce a formal debate framework (FORD) to conduct a three-stage debate among LLMs with real-world scenarios alignment: fair debate, mismatched debate, and roundtable debate. Through extensive experiments on various datasets, LLMs can effectively collaborate to reach a consensus despite noticeable inter-inconsistencies, but imbalances in their abilities can lead to domination by superior LLMs. Leveraging a more advanced LLM like GPT-4 as an authoritative judge can boost collaboration performance. Our work contributes to understanding the inter-consistency among LLMs and lays the foundation for developing future collaboration methods. Codes and data are available at https://github.com/Waste-Wood/FORD
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spellingShingle Examining Inter-Consistency of Large Language Models Collaboration: An In-depth Analysis via Debate
Xiong, Kai
Ding, Xiao
Cao, Yixin
Liu, Ting
Qin, Bing
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown impressive capabilities in various applications, but they still face various inconsistency issues. Existing works primarily focus on the inconsistency issues within a single LLM, while we complementarily explore the inter-consistency among multiple LLMs for collaboration. To examine whether LLMs can collaborate effectively to achieve a consensus for a shared goal, we focus on commonsense reasoning, and introduce a formal debate framework (FORD) to conduct a three-stage debate among LLMs with real-world scenarios alignment: fair debate, mismatched debate, and roundtable debate. Through extensive experiments on various datasets, LLMs can effectively collaborate to reach a consensus despite noticeable inter-inconsistencies, but imbalances in their abilities can lead to domination by superior LLMs. Leveraging a more advanced LLM like GPT-4 as an authoritative judge can boost collaboration performance. Our work contributes to understanding the inter-consistency among LLMs and lays the foundation for developing future collaboration methods. Codes and data are available at https://github.com/Waste-Wood/FORD
title Examining Inter-Consistency of Large Language Models Collaboration: An In-depth Analysis via Debate
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11595