Summary of Flipguard: Defending Preference Alignment Against Update Regression with Constrained Optimization, by Mingye Zhu et al.
FlipGuard: Defending Preference Alignment against Update Regression with Constrained Optimization
by Mingye Zhu, Yi Liu, Quan Wang, Junbo Guo, Zhendong Mao
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to preference alignment in Large Language Models is proposed, addressing a critical issue known as “update regression.” This phenomenon occurs when models become over-aligned and degrade after updates. The FlipGuard method utilizes constrained optimization with focal attention to detect and mitigate update regression. By identifying performance degradation and enforcing constraints during training, FlipGuard achieves excellent overall performance while preserving knowledge alignment. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in alleviating update regression. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large Language Models are getting better at writing texts that people like and agree with. But there’s a problem: sometimes these models get too good at writing what they already know how to write, and then start doing worse on new topics. This is called “update regression.” To fix this, researchers have developed a new way to train language models called FlipGuard. It works by paying attention to when the model starts to do worse after updates, and it makes sure the model stays good at writing about all kinds of topics. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Attention » Optimization » Regression
