Localized Context Distillation resolves the learning dilemma in interaction experience

The authors propose a method that identifies and revises only critical spans in a student's trajectory, outperforming both off-policy and on-policy context distillation across math, code, and agent tasks.

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Zhezheng Hao · Yongkang Yang · Xilin Xia · Jiarui Yu · Yi Liu · Fanjunduo Wei · +6 more

Tencent · The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Zhejiang University · The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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The authors introduce Localized Context Distillation (LoCD) to improve how large language models learn from interaction experience.

The authors analyzed the limitations of existing context distillation approaches.

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From Tencent and 3 others · Part of Agent Self-Improvement, now 56 papers

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Localized Context Distillation improves LLM learning from interaction experience by having a teacher regenerate only critical spans of each student trajectory.

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