Monotonic Inference Policies as the true objective in RLHF
July 6, 2026
Optimizing training policies may be a mirage compared to the necessity of optimizing monotonic inference policies during reinforcement learning for LLMs. This suggests a shift in focus from training-time objectives to inference-time performance stability.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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researcherYou may need to re-evaluate your RLHF objectives to focus on inference-time monotonicity.