Self-Evolution Fine-Tuning for Policy Optimization

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Auteurs principaux: Chen, Ruijun, Liang, Jiehao, Gao, Shiping, Wan, Fanqi, Quan, Xiaojun
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author Chen, Ruijun
Liang, Jiehao
Gao, Shiping
Wan, Fanqi
Quan, Xiaojun
author_facet Chen, Ruijun
Liang, Jiehao
Gao, Shiping
Wan, Fanqi
Quan, Xiaojun
contents The alignment of large language models (LLMs) is crucial not only for unlocking their potential in specific tasks but also for ensuring that responses meet human expectations and adhere to safety and ethical principles. Current alignment methodologies face considerable challenges. For instance, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) requires extensive, high-quality annotated samples, while reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) is complex and often unstable. In this paper, we introduce self-evolution fine-tuning (SEFT) for policy optimization, with the aim of eliminating the need for annotated samples while retaining the stability and efficiency of SFT. SEFT first trains an adaptive reviser to elevate low-quality responses while maintaining high-quality ones. The reviser then gradually guides the policy's optimization by fine-tuning it with enhanced responses. One of the prominent features of this method is its ability to leverage unlimited amounts of unannotated data for policy optimization through supervised fine-tuning. Our experiments on AlpacaEval 2.0 and MT-Bench demonstrate the effectiveness of SEFT. We also provide a comprehensive analysis of its advantages over existing alignment techniques.
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spellingShingle Self-Evolution Fine-Tuning for Policy Optimization
Chen, Ruijun
Liang, Jiehao
Gao, Shiping
Wan, Fanqi
Quan, Xiaojun
Computation and Language
The alignment of large language models (LLMs) is crucial not only for unlocking their potential in specific tasks but also for ensuring that responses meet human expectations and adhere to safety and ethical principles. Current alignment methodologies face considerable challenges. For instance, supervised fine-tuning (SFT) requires extensive, high-quality annotated samples, while reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) is complex and often unstable. In this paper, we introduce self-evolution fine-tuning (SEFT) for policy optimization, with the aim of eliminating the need for annotated samples while retaining the stability and efficiency of SFT. SEFT first trains an adaptive reviser to elevate low-quality responses while maintaining high-quality ones. The reviser then gradually guides the policy's optimization by fine-tuning it with enhanced responses. One of the prominent features of this method is its ability to leverage unlimited amounts of unannotated data for policy optimization through supervised fine-tuning. Our experiments on AlpacaEval 2.0 and MT-Bench demonstrate the effectiveness of SEFT. We also provide a comprehensive analysis of its advantages over existing alignment techniques.
title Self-Evolution Fine-Tuning for Policy Optimization
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10813