Summary of Port: Preference Optimization on Reasoning Traces, by Salem Lahlou et al.
PORT: Preference Optimization on Reasoning Traces
by Salem Lahlou, Abdalgader Abubaker, Hakim Hacid
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- 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 proposed preference optimization method improves mathematical reasoning performances of language models by applying Chain-of-Thought steps to obtain more accurate answers. The approach uses two schemes: weak LLM prompting and digit corruption, which generate rejected answers from reasoning trace datasets. This leads to increased accuracy on GSM8K, AQuA-RAT, ARC, and symbolic reasoning challenges. For instance, the method boosts accuracy by 8.47% and 18.73% on GSM8K and AQuA benchmarks respectively, without requiring additional annotations. The research suggests that high-quality datasets of reasoning traces are crucial for advancing language reasoning abilities. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps computers understand math better. It does this by making them think like humans do when solving problems. To make this happen, the researchers use special techniques to help the computer come up with more accurate answers. They test their method on different tasks and find that it works really well. For example, they can improve the computer’s ability to solve math problems by 8-19% just by giving it better training data. This is an important step towards making computers smarter and more helpful in areas like science and education. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Optimization » Prompting
