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Reproducing OpenAI’s “persistently beneficial models” - GRPO trait install barely moves. Ideas? [P] [R]
Reproducing OpenAI’s trait-persistence results presents a significant challenge, particularly at smaller scales. Our attempt to install a "traditionalism" trait (low Openness) using GRPO on Qwen2-7B achieved a minimal improvement of just +2.4 points, falling far short of the ~+15 needed. Despite rigorous debugging—ruling out reward hacking, memorization, and gradient issues—the install remains stubbornly flat. We’re seeking guidance from those with experience in small-scale RLHF/GRPO for trait or persona installation. See "The qlora 2e-4 default is wrong under 10k samples and nobody
The qlora 2e-4 default is wrong under 10k samples and nobody talks about it [D]
Fine-tuning QLoRA models on smaller datasets—less than 10,000 samples—often leads to unexpected results. The pervasive default learning rate of 2e-4, widely promoted across tutorials and documentation, can actually trigger overfitting. Extensive experimentation reveals that a starting learning rate of 1e-4 or lower, combined with increased epochs, consistently yields significantly improved evaluation metrics. This adjustment, easily implemented, can save practitioners considerable time and frustration, as detailed in a recent discussion about ECCV expenses.