A recalibration method stabilizes LLM self-distillation by treating correct and incorrect outputs differently

FIRE replaces standard feedback-conditioned distillation with Fisher-informed supervision, bounding gradients to prevent performance collapse

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Seohyun Lee · Dong-Jun Han · Seyyedali Hosseinalipour · Christopher G. Brinton

Purdue University · Yonsei University · University at Buffalo-SUNY

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The authors propose FIRE, a dual-branch framework for fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) using their own outputs under external feedback.

, user interaction), and conditions on that feedback to produce a revised response that serves as a teacher.

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FIRE uses Fisher information to recalibrate supervision, stabilizing feedback-based self-distillation of LLMs.

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