Ask Again, Then Fail: Large Language Models' Vacillations in Judgment

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.02174v5
• Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:22:07 GMT
• Title: Ask Again, Then Fail: Large Language Models' Vacillations in Judgment
• Authors: Qiming Xie, Zengzhi Wang, Yi Feng, Rui Xia,
• Abstract summary: We observe that current conversational language models often waver in their judgments when faced with follow-up questions. We introduce a textscFollow-up Questioning Mechanism along with two metrics to quantify this inconsistency. We develop a training-based framework textscUnwavering-FQ that teaches language models to maintain their originally correct judgments.
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• Abstract: We observe that current conversational language models often waver in their judgments when faced with follow-up questions, even if the original judgment was correct. This wavering presents a significant challenge for generating reliable responses and building user trust. To comprehensively assess this issue, we introduce a \textsc{Follow-up Questioning Mechanism} along with two metrics to quantify this inconsistency, confirming its widespread presence in current language models. To mitigate this issue, we explore various prompting strategies for closed-source models; moreover, we develop a training-based framework \textsc{Unwavering-FQ} that teaches language models to maintain their originally correct judgments through synthesized high-quality preference data. Our experimental results confirm the effectiveness of our framework and its ability to enhance the general capabilities of models.

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