Dual-Phase Accelerated Prompt Optimization

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Auteurs principaux: Yang, Muchen, Li, Moxin, Li, Yongle, Chen, Zijun, Gao, Chongming, Zhang, Junqi, Li, Yangyang, Feng, Fuli
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author Yang, Muchen
Li, Moxin
Li, Yongle
Chen, Zijun
Gao, Chongming
Zhang, Junqi
Li, Yangyang
Feng, Fuli
author_facet Yang, Muchen
Li, Moxin
Li, Yongle
Chen, Zijun
Gao, Chongming
Zhang, Junqi
Li, Yangyang
Feng, Fuli
contents Gradient-free prompt optimization methods have made significant strides in enhancing the performance of closed-source Large Language Models (LLMs) across a wide range of tasks. However, existing approaches make light of the importance of high-quality prompt initialization and the identification of effective optimization directions, thus resulting in substantial optimization steps to obtain satisfactory performance. In this light, we aim to accelerate prompt optimization process to tackle the challenge of low convergence rate. We propose a dual-phase approach which starts with generating high-quality initial prompts by adopting a well-designed meta-instruction to delve into task-specific information, and iteratively optimize the prompts at the sentence level, leveraging previous tuning experience to expand prompt candidates and accept effective ones. Extensive experiments on eight datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method, achieving a consistent accuracy gain over baselines with less than five optimization steps.
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spellingShingle Dual-Phase Accelerated Prompt Optimization
Yang, Muchen
Li, Moxin
Li, Yongle
Chen, Zijun
Gao, Chongming
Zhang, Junqi
Li, Yangyang
Feng, Fuli
Computation and Language
Gradient-free prompt optimization methods have made significant strides in enhancing the performance of closed-source Large Language Models (LLMs) across a wide range of tasks. However, existing approaches make light of the importance of high-quality prompt initialization and the identification of effective optimization directions, thus resulting in substantial optimization steps to obtain satisfactory performance. In this light, we aim to accelerate prompt optimization process to tackle the challenge of low convergence rate. We propose a dual-phase approach which starts with generating high-quality initial prompts by adopting a well-designed meta-instruction to delve into task-specific information, and iteratively optimize the prompts at the sentence level, leveraging previous tuning experience to expand prompt candidates and accept effective ones. Extensive experiments on eight datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method, achieving a consistent accuracy gain over baselines with less than five optimization steps.
title Dual-Phase Accelerated Prompt Optimization
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13443