TRUST framework cuts bad self-improvement accepts from 45.6% to 2.78%
dair_ai · x · 2026-11-13
A Zhejiang University / GWU paper tackles a flaw in recursive self-improvement: greedy gates accept any update that raises validation score, and 45.59% of accepted updates were actually harmful. TRUST treats each acceptance as an online multiple hypothesis test, with an LLM reading loop history to set the evidence threshold. Across HotpotQA, DROP and APPS with DeepSeek-V4-Flash and Qwen-3.8-Flash, bad accepts fell to 2.78% with higher final scores than prior statistical gates, plus proven bounds on bad accepts and final gain.
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