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Enhancing Large Language Models' Reasoning Capabilities Through Learning From Mistakes

Q: How can the correction-centric evolution strategy be further improved to generate even more effective correction data?

To enhance the correction-centric evolution strategy for generating more effective correction data, several approaches can be considered: Diversifying Seed Questions: Instead of solely relying on seed questions from the existing correction data, incorporating a broader range of seed questions from various sources can introduce more diverse perspectives and challenging scenarios for the model to learn from. Dynamic Evolution Strategies: Implementing dynamic evolution strategies that adapt based on the model's performance and learning progress can help prioritize the evolution of questions that are more beneficial for improving reasoning capabilities. Feedback Mechanisms: Introducing feedback mechanisms where the model evaluates the quality and relevance of the generated correction data can guide the evolution process towards generating more effective data. Multi-Stage Evolution: Implementing a multi-stage evolution process where the generated correction data from one stage is used as input for the next stage can iteratively refine and improve the quality of the correction data. Domain-Specific Evolution: Tailoring the evolution process to focus on specific domains or types of reasoning tasks can help generate correction data that is more aligned with the model's learning objectives and challenges.

Q: What other types of auxiliary data, besides mistake-correction pairs, could potentially benefit the chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities of LLMs?

In addition to mistake-correction pairs, several other types of auxiliary data could potentially enhance the chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs): External Knowledge Graphs: Integrating external knowledge graphs or structured data sources can provide additional context and background information for the model to draw upon during reasoning tasks. Domain-Specific Text Corpora: Incorporating domain-specific text corpora related to the reasoning tasks can help the model learn domain-specific patterns and vocabulary, improving its performance on specialized tasks. Interactive Dialogues: Training the model on interactive dialogues where it engages in back-and-forth conversations to solve problems can simulate real-world reasoning scenarios and improve its interactive reasoning abilities. Multi-Modal Data: Including multi-modal data such as images, videos, or audio along with text data can enrich the model's understanding of the context and enable it to perform more complex reasoning across different modalities. Expert Annotations: Leveraging expert annotations or explanations for reasoning tasks can provide valuable insights and guidance for the model to learn from expert-level reasoning strategies.

Q: Given the non-homogeneous effectiveness of CoT data and correction data, how can we design a more principled approach to optimally blend these two data sources during fine-tuning?

To design a more principled approach for blending CoT data and correction data during fine-tuning, the following strategies can be considered: Data Weighting: Assigning different weights to CoT data and correction data based on their effectiveness can help prioritize the more informative data sources during training. Adaptive Data Mixing: Implementing an adaptive data mixing strategy where the model dynamically adjusts the ratio of CoT data to correction data based on its learning progress and performance can optimize the data blending process. Curriculum Learning: Introducing a curriculum learning approach where the model is exposed to easier tasks initially (CoT data) and gradually progresses to more challenging tasks (correction data) can facilitate a smoother learning process. Ensemble Training: Training the model on ensembles of models fine-tuned separately on CoT data and correction data and then combining their outputs can leverage the strengths of both data sources for improved reasoning capabilities. Regularization Techniques: Applying regularization techniques such as dropout or weight decay specifically tailored to the different data sources can prevent overfitting and ensure a balanced integration of CoT and correction data. By incorporating these strategies, a more principled and effective approach can be devised to blend CoT data and correction data during fine-tuning, optimizing the model's reasoning capabilities.

Concetti Chiave

Learning from mistakes can effectively improve the chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities of large language models across various mathematical and commonsense reasoning tasks.

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The content discusses a novel approach called "LEarning from MistAkes" (LEMA) to further improve the chain-of-thought (CoT) reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) for solving mathematical and commonsense reasoning tasks.

Key highlights:

LEMA incorporates mistake-correction data pairs during fine-tuning LLMs, mimicking the error-driven learning process of human students.
The mistake-correction data is generated by first collecting inaccurate reasoning paths from various LLMs, and then using GPT-4 as a "corrector" to identify the mistake step, explain the reason for the mistake, and provide the corrected solution.
A correction-centric evolution strategy is applied to effectively expand the question set for generating more diverse correction data.
Experiments on five open-source LLMs and five challenging reasoning tasks demonstrate that LEMA consistently outperforms fine-tuning on CoT data alone.
Ablation studies reveal the non-homogeneous effectiveness of CoT data and correction data, and show that the correction-centric evolution strategy is more beneficial than random question selection.
LEMA can also enhance the performance of specialized LLMs like WizardMath and MetaMath, and improve commonsense reasoning capabilities of LLaMA-2-70B on CSQA.

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Learning From Mistakes Makes LLM Better Reasoner

by Shengnan An,... alle arxiv.org 04-01-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.20689.pdf

Learning From Mistakes Makes LLM Better Reasoner

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How can the correction-centric evolution strategy be further improved to generate even more effective correction data?

To enhance the correction-centric evolution strategy for generating more effective correction data, several approaches can be considered:

Diversifying Seed Questions: Instead of solely relying on seed questions from the existing correction data, incorporating a broader range of seed questions from various sources can introduce more diverse perspectives and challenging scenarios for the model to learn from.

Dynamic Evolution Strategies: Implementing dynamic evolution strategies that adapt based on the model's performance and learning progress can help prioritize the evolution of questions that are more beneficial for improving reasoning capabilities.

Feedback Mechanisms: Introducing feedback mechanisms where the model evaluates the quality and relevance of the generated correction data can guide the evolution process towards generating more effective data.

Multi-Stage Evolution: Implementing a multi-stage evolution process where the generated correction data from one stage is used as input for the next stage can iteratively refine and improve the quality of the correction data.

Domain-Specific Evolution: Tailoring the evolution process to focus on specific domains or types of reasoning tasks can help generate correction data that is more aligned with the model's learning objectives and challenges.

What other types of auxiliary data, besides mistake-correction pairs, could potentially benefit the chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities of LLMs?

In addition to mistake-correction pairs, several other types of auxiliary data could potentially enhance the chain-of-thought reasoning capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs):

External Knowledge Graphs: Integrating external knowledge graphs or structured data sources can provide additional context and background information for the model to draw upon during reasoning tasks.

Domain-Specific Text Corpora: Incorporating domain-specific text corpora related to the reasoning tasks can help the model learn domain-specific patterns and vocabulary, improving its performance on specialized tasks.

Interactive Dialogues: Training the model on interactive dialogues where it engages in back-and-forth conversations to solve problems can simulate real-world reasoning scenarios and improve its interactive reasoning abilities.

Multi-Modal Data: Including multi-modal data such as images, videos, or audio along with text data can enrich the model's understanding of the context and enable it to perform more complex reasoning across different modalities.

Expert Annotations: Leveraging expert annotations or explanations for reasoning tasks can provide valuable insights and guidance for the model to learn from expert-level reasoning strategies.

Given the non-homogeneous effectiveness of CoT data and correction data, how can we design a more principled approach to optimally blend these two data sources during fine-tuning?

To design a more principled approach for blending CoT data and correction data during fine-tuning, the following strategies can be considered:

Data Weighting: Assigning different weights to CoT data and correction data based on their effectiveness can help prioritize the more informative data sources during training.

Adaptive Data Mixing: Implementing an adaptive data mixing strategy where the model dynamically adjusts the ratio of CoT data to correction data based on its learning progress and performance can optimize the data blending process.

Curriculum Learning: Introducing a curriculum learning approach where the model is exposed to easier tasks initially (CoT data) and gradually progresses to more challenging tasks (correction data) can facilitate a smoother learning process.

Ensemble Training: Training the model on ensembles of models fine-tuned separately on CoT data and correction data and then combining their outputs can leverage the strengths of both data sources for improved reasoning capabilities.

Regularization Techniques: Applying regularization techniques such as dropout or weight decay specifically tailored to the different data sources can prevent overfitting and ensure a balanced integration of CoT and correction data.

By incorporating these strategies, a more principled and effective approach can be devised to blend CoT data and correction data during fine-tuning, optimizing the model's reasoning capabilities.