Explanation, Debate, Align: A Weak-to-Strong Framework for Language Model Generalization

• Published in: arXiv.org 2024-09
• Main Authors: Zakershahrak, Mehrdad, Ghodratnama, Samira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alignment; Artificial intelligence; Human performance; Multiagent systems
• ISSN: 2331-8422

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence systems has brought the challenge of AI alignment to the forefront of research, particularly in complex decision-making and task execution. As these systems surpass human-level performance in sophisticated problems, ensuring their alignment with human values, intentions, and ethical guidelines becomes crucial. Building on previous work in explanation generation for human-agent alignment, we address the more complex dynamics of multi-agent systems and human-AI teams. This paper introduces a novel approach to model alignment through weak-to-strong generalization in the context of language models. We present a framework where a strong model facilitates the improvement of a weaker model, bridging the gap between explanation generation and model alignment. Our method, formalized as a facilitation function, allows for the transfer of capabilities from advanced models to less capable ones without direct access to extensive training data. Our results suggest that this facilitation-based approach not only enhances model performance but also provides insights into the nature of model alignment and the potential for scalable oversight of AI systems.