Example of a Simplified Instruction for Chinese Translation

Single-Phrase Instructions for LLMs

Computational Advantages of Simplified Instructions

Harmful Effects of Overly Simplified Instructions on LLM Generalization

Evaluating an Instruction Simplification Strategy

A developer is fine-tuning a language model to summarize news articles. They start with the detailed instruction: 'Read the following news article and generate a concise, neutral, one-paragraph summary that captures the main points.' To improve data creation efficiency, they consider simplifying this instruction for the entire training dataset to just: 'Summarize.' What is the most significant risk associated with using this highly simplified instruction for the entire fine-tuning process?

A user wants a language model to act as a friendly chatbot that answers questions about space exploration. Arrange the following instructions from the most detailed and explicit to the most simplified and concise.