Transferable Post-training via Inverse Value Learning

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Main Authors: Lu, Xinyu, Wen, Xueru, Lu, Yaojie, Yu, Bowen, Lin, Hongyu, Yu, Haiyang, Sun, Le, Han, Xianpei, Li, Yongbin
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author Lu, Xinyu
Wen, Xueru
Lu, Yaojie
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Yu, Haiyang
Sun, Le
Han, Xianpei
Li, Yongbin
author_facet Lu, Xinyu
Wen, Xueru
Lu, Yaojie
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Yu, Haiyang
Sun, Le
Han, Xianpei
Li, Yongbin
contents As post-training processes utilize increasingly large datasets and base models continue to grow in size, the computational demands and implementation challenges of existing algorithms are escalating significantly. In this paper, we propose modeling the changes at the logits level during post-training using a separate neural network (i.e., the value network). After training this network on a small base model using demonstrations, this network can be seamlessly integrated with other pre-trained models during inference, enables them to achieve similar capability enhancements. We systematically investigate the best practices for this paradigm in terms of pre-training weights and connection schemes. We demonstrate that the resulting value network has broad transferability across pre-trained models of different parameter sizes within the same family, models undergoing continuous pre-training within the same family, and models with different vocabularies across families. In certain cases, it can achieve performance comparable to full-parameter fine-tuning. Furthermore, we explore methods to enhance the transferability of the value model and prevent overfitting to the base model used during training.
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spellingShingle Transferable Post-training via Inverse Value Learning
Lu, Xinyu
Wen, Xueru
Lu, Yaojie
Yu, Bowen
Lin, Hongyu
Yu, Haiyang
Sun, Le
Han, Xianpei
Li, Yongbin
Machine Learning
Computation and Language
As post-training processes utilize increasingly large datasets and base models continue to grow in size, the computational demands and implementation challenges of existing algorithms are escalating significantly. In this paper, we propose modeling the changes at the logits level during post-training using a separate neural network (i.e., the value network). After training this network on a small base model using demonstrations, this network can be seamlessly integrated with other pre-trained models during inference, enables them to achieve similar capability enhancements. We systematically investigate the best practices for this paradigm in terms of pre-training weights and connection schemes. We demonstrate that the resulting value network has broad transferability across pre-trained models of different parameter sizes within the same family, models undergoing continuous pre-training within the same family, and models with different vocabularies across families. In certain cases, it can achieve performance comparable to full-parameter fine-tuning. Furthermore, we explore methods to enhance the transferability of the value model and prevent overfitting to the base model used during training.
title Transferable Post-training via Inverse Value Learning
topic Machine Learning
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21027