Step-Audio-R1.5 技术报告
阅读原文· arxiv.org当前大型音频语言模型普遍依赖基于验证奖励的强化学习范式来驱动听觉推理,但这陷入了“可验证奖励陷阱”——模型为追求孤立文本标签的正确性,牺牲了声学细微差别和对话自然度,导致交互机械、沉浸感差。Step-Audio-R1.5 通过转向基于人类反馈的强化学习实现了范式突破。评估表明,它在保持强大分析推理能力的同时,显著提升了交互体验,特别是在长轮对话中改善了韵律自然性与情感连续性,重新定义了深度沉浸式语音对话的边界。
Recent advancements in large audio language models have extended Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning into the auditory domain, enabling models to tackle increasingly complex acoustic and spoken tasks. To elicit and sustain these extended reasoning chains, the prevailing paradigm -- driven by the success of text-based reasoning models -- overwhelmingly relies on Reinforcement Learning with Verified Rewards (RLVR). However, as models are strictly optimized to distill rich, continuous auditory contexts into isolated, verifiable text labels, a fundamental question arises: are we fostering true audio intelligence, or merely reducing a continuous sensory medium into a discrete puzzle? We identify this as the "verifiable reward trap." While RLVR yields remarkable scores on standardized objective benchmarks, it systematically degrades the real-world conversational feel of audio models. By prioritizing isolated correctness over acoustic nuance, RLVR reduces dynamic interactions to mechanical "answering machines," severely compromising prosodic naturalness, emotional continuity, and user immersion, particularly in long-turn dialogues. To bridge the gap between mechanical objective verification and genuine sensory empathy, we introduce Step-Audio-R1.5, marking a paradigm shift toward Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) in audio reasoning. Comprehensive evaluations demonstrate that Step-Audio-R1.5 not only maintains robust analytical reasoning but profoundly transforms the interactive experience, redefining the boundaries of deeply immersive long-turn spoken dialogue.