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This article centers on a new textbook detailing advanced techniques for aligning and post-training large language models, specifically covering methods like rejection sampling and outcome reward models. It addresses the growing need for foundational resources on these critical AI development processes, which have become increasingly central to industry practice. The content focuses entirely on the mechanics, history, and misconceptions surrounding LLM post-training rather than incidental tech news.

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5 useful things you'll learn in my new post-training textbook (shipping now!)

InterconnectsAugust 10, 20267 min read

After a few long years of finding time to document my lessons from training open models, my post-training book is done!

Housekeeping: No voiceover on another quick “launch” post. More essays soon! After a few long years of finding time to document my lessons from training open models, my post-training book is done! It’s published by Manning, under the title Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: Aligning and Post-training LLMs. Telling the story of the book is a useful way to explain why you may want a copy. The book started as a website where I wanted to document key methods of post-training that had potentially no online material explaining them. If there was something, I couldn’t find it. This existed for more topics than you would expect, given post-training was already popular in 2024 (when I bought the domain), and continues to this day. Topics like rejection sampling, outcome reward models, and character training are prime examples. This has helped make the website fairly popular, as it’s…

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