Unraveling and Mitigating Retriever Inconsistencies in Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models (2024.findings-acl)
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| Challenge: | Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models (RALMs) do not consistently outperform the original retrieval-free Language Model (LM). |
| Approach: | They propose a trainable framework that can adaptively retrieve from different knowledge sources and effectively decrease unpredictable reader errors. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework significantly improves performance over the RALM with a single retriever by significantly reducing inconsistent behaviors. |
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