Training the Value Function with a Reward Model
In Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) and similar actor-critic alignment frameworks, the training of the value function depends on a separate, pre-trained reward model. Because the environment does not provide explicit intrinsic rewards, this reward model provides the essential reward signal, , which serves as the basis for computing the value function's learning target, such as within the Temporal Difference (TD) error calculation.
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Ch.4 Alignment - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
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