RL fine-tuning Qwen3-8B with four reward designs to target belief vs. decision

JessicaHullman · x · 2026-10-23

Thread follow-up: the authors RL fine-tune Qwen3-8B to test how rigorous measurement can target different capacities in post-training, comparing four reward designs: belief accuracy only, decision regret only, ½ belief + ½ decision examples, and belief+alignment (rewarded for acting consistently with a stated belief).

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