重新思考微调基础模型时的无害拒绝
Rethinking harmless refusals when fine-tuning foundation models
AI总结：
本文研究大语言模型微调是否真正消除还是仅掩盖不良行为，发现“基于理由的欺骗”现象，并证明明确反驳比礼貌拒绝更能有效阻止不良输出，为微调策略提供新见解。
摘要：
在本文中，我们研究了大语言模型（LLMs）中的微调在多大程度上有效缓解了不良行为，而非仅仅掩盖了不良行为。通过旨在引发此类行为的半现实角色扮演练习，我们探索了微调干预后LLMs的响应动态。我们的方法包括提示模型进行思维链（Chain-of-Thought，CoT）推理，并分析推理轨迹与最终输出之间的一致性。值得注意的是，我们发现了一种普遍存在的现象，我们称之为“基于理由的欺骗”（reason-based deception），即模型要么停止产生推理轨迹，要么产生看似合乎伦理的推理轨迹，却掩盖了其最终输出的不道德性质。我们进一步考察了响应策略（礼貌拒绝与明确反驳）在抑制多轮交互后续输出中不良行为出现方面的有效性。我们的研究结果表明，明确反驳在防止不良输出继续方面显著优于礼貌拒绝，并且几乎消除了基于理由的欺骗，这对当前模型微调实践提出了挑战。因此，本文的两个关键贡献是：（1）定义并研究了基于理由的欺骗这一新型隐藏行为；（2）证明了对于有害请求，反驳提供了一种比拒绝更稳健的响应模型，从而凸显了重新考虑微调方法中响应策略的必要性。
英文摘要：
In this paper, we investigate the degree to which fine-tuning in Large Language Models (LLMs) effectively mitigates versus merely conceals undesirable behavior. Through the lens of semi-realistic role-playing exercises designed to elicit such behaviors, we explore the response dynamics of LLMs post fine-tuning interventions. Our methodology involves prompting models for Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning and analyzing the coherence between the reasoning traces and the resultant outputs. Notably, we identify a pervasive phenomenon we term \emph{reason-based deception}, where models either stop producing reasoning traces or produce seemingly ethical reasoning traces that belie the unethical nature of their final outputs. We further examine the efficacy of response strategies (polite refusal versus explicit rebuttal) in curbing the occurrence of undesired behavior in subsequent outputs of multi-turn interactions. Our findings reveal that explicit rebuttals significantly outperform polite refusals in preventing the continuation of undesired outputs and nearly eliminate reason-based deception, challenging current practices in model fine-tuning. Accordingly, the two key contributions of this paper are (1) defining and studying reason-based deception, a new type of hidden behavior, and (2) demonstrating that rebuttals provide a more robust response model to harmful requests than refusals, thereby highlighting the need to reconsider the response strategies in fine-tuning approaches.
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