arxivcs.LGcs.AIcs.CL2026-07-24
Teaching LLMs to Self-Evolve: Cultivating Core Meta-Skills with Reinforcement Learning
Shujin Wu, Cheng Qian, Xiusi Chen, Heng Ji
Test-time scaling through iterative self-evolution with environment feedback, as demonstrated by AlphaEvolve, shows remarkable performance gains. We hypothesize that the success of such evolution frameworks hinges on meta-skills, such as self-reflection with environment feedback,…