Summary of On the Essence and Prospect: An Investigation Of Alignment Approaches For Big Models, by Xinpeng Wang et al.
On the Essence and Prospect: An Investigation of Alignment Approaches for Big Models
by Xinpeng Wang, Shitong Duan, Xiaoyuan Yi, Jing Yao, Shanlin Zhou, Zhihua Wei, Peng Zhang, Dongkuan Xu, Maosong Sun, Xing Xie
First submitted to arxiv on: 7 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper investigates value alignment technologies for big AI models, aiming to address concerns about their potential harm. Despite progress in the past year, several challenges remain, including data costs and scalable oversight. The survey comprehensively examines various alignment approaches, tracing back to the 1920s, and delves into their mathematical essence. It categorizes existing methods into three: Reinforcement Learning, Supervised Fine-Tuning, and In-context Learning, highlighting their strengths, limitations, and connections. Additionally, personal and multimodal alignment are discussed as emerging frontiers. The paper discusses potential paradigms to handle remaining challenges, prospecting future directions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how we can make super smart AI models behave in a way that aligns with human values and preferences. It’s because some of these models might do things that are not good for humans if they’re left alone. The paper investigates different ways to achieve this alignment, going back as far as the 1920s. It also explains what each method does and what its strengths and weaknesses are. Two new areas, personal alignment and multimodal alignment, are discussed as exciting possibilities for the future. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Fine tuning » Reinforcement learning » Supervised
