LLM as the Agent in RLHF
In the context of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), the agent, often referred to as an LM agent, is the specific Large Language Model (LLM) undergoing training. It operates by interacting with its environment: it receives a text input from the environment and outputs a generated text response back to the environment. The agent's decision-making process is dictated by its policy, which is the mathematical function defined by the LLM representing the conditional probability of generating a specific output sequence given an input sequence, denoted as .
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Ch.2 Generative Models - Foundations of Large Language Models
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LLM as the Agent in RLHF
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Policy Learning in RLHF
Justification for Using RLHF over Supervised Learning
Bridging Language Modeling and Reinforcement Learning Notations in RLHF
Architectural Components of an RLHF System
Three-Stage Training Process of RLHF
Refinements and Alternatives to RLHF
Rationale for End-of-Sequence Rewards in RLHF
High-Level Process of RLHF with PPO
Limitations of Human Feedback in LLM Alignment
Computational and Stability Challenges of RLHF
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Origin and Application of RLHF
Dual Learning Tasks of RLHF: Reward and Policy Learning
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RLHF Training Process with PPO
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LLM as the Agent in RLHF
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LLM as the Agent in RLHF
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LLM as the Agent in RLHF
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