Decoding Human Preferences in Alignment: An Improved Approach to Inverse Constitutional AI

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Auteurs principaux: Henneking, Carl-Leander, Beger, Claas
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author Henneking, Carl-Leander
Beger, Claas
author_facet Henneking, Carl-Leander
Beger, Claas
contents Traditional methods for aligning Large Language Models (LLMs), such as Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), rely on implicit principles, limiting interpretability. Constitutional AI (CAI) offers an explicit, rule-based framework for guiding LLM alignment. Building on this, we refine the Inverse Constitutional AI (ICAI) algorithm, which extracts constitutions from preference datasets. By improving principle generation, clustering, and embedding processes, our approach enhances the accuracy and generalizability of extracted principles across synthetic and real-world datasets. Our results highlight the potential of these principles to foster more transparent and adaptable alignment methods, offering a promising direction for future advancements beyond traditional fine-tuning.
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spellingShingle Decoding Human Preferences in Alignment: An Improved Approach to Inverse Constitutional AI
Henneking, Carl-Leander
Beger, Claas
Machine Learning
Traditional methods for aligning Large Language Models (LLMs), such as Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), rely on implicit principles, limiting interpretability. Constitutional AI (CAI) offers an explicit, rule-based framework for guiding LLM alignment. Building on this, we refine the Inverse Constitutional AI (ICAI) algorithm, which extracts constitutions from preference datasets. By improving principle generation, clustering, and embedding processes, our approach enhances the accuracy and generalizability of extracted principles across synthetic and real-world datasets. Our results highlight the potential of these principles to foster more transparent and adaptable alignment methods, offering a promising direction for future advancements beyond traditional fine-tuning.
title Decoding Human Preferences in Alignment: An Improved Approach to Inverse Constitutional AI
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17112