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This research reframes mode collapse in large language models as a geometric limitation of state-space accessibility rather than merely a token-level probability issue, proposing Reinforced Mode Regulation (RMR) to stabilize generation at significantly lower entropy rates. By implementing low-rank damping on Transformer value caches, the method offers a lightweight intervention that prevents premature trajectory convergence across multiple architectures without relying solely on symbolic constraints or decoding heuristics.
Escaping Mode Collapse in LLM Generation via Geometric Regulation
arXiv:2605.00435v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Mode collapse is a persistent challenge in generative modeling and appears in autoregressive text generation as behaviors ranging from explicit looping to gradual loss of diversity and premature trajectory convergence. We take a dynamical-systems view and reinterpret mode collapse as reduced state-space accessibility caused by *geometric collapse*: during generation, the model's internal trajectory becomes confined to a low-dimensional region of its representation space. This implies mode collapse is not purely a token-level phenomenon and cannot be reliably solved by symbolic constraints or probability-only decoding heuristics. Guided by this perspective, we propose *Reinforced Mode Regulation* (RMR), a lightweight, online state-space intervention that regulates dominant self-reinforcing directions in the Transformer value cache (implemented as low-rank damping). Across multiple large language models, RMR substantially reduces mode collapse and enables stable generation at extremely low entropy rates (down to 0.8 nats/step), whereas standard decoding typically collapses near 2.0 nats/step.
Abstract:Mode collapse is a persistent challenge in generative modeling and appears in autoregressive text generation as behaviors ranging from explicit looping to gradual loss of diversity and premature trajectory convergence. We take a dynamical-systems view and reinterpret mode collapse as reduced state-space accessibility caused by *geometric collapse*: during generation, the model's internal trajectory becomes confined to a low-dimensional region of its representation space. This implies mode collapse is not purely a token-level phenomenon and cannot be reliably solved by symbolic constraints or probability-only decoding heuristics. Guided by this perspective, we propose *Reinforced Mode Regulation* (RMR), a lightweight, online state-space intervention that regulates dominant self-reinforcing directions in the Transformer value cache (implemented as low-rank damping). Across multiple large language models, RMR substantially reduces mode collapse and enables stable generation at extremely low entropy rates (down to 0.8 nats/step), whereas standard decoding typically collapses near 2.0 nats/step.
Computation and Language (cs.CL); Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
arXiv:2605.00435 [cs.CL]
(or arXiv:2605.00435v3 [cs.CL] for this version)
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