I3: Intent-Introspective Retrieval Conditioned on Instructions

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Pan, Kaihang, Li, Juncheng, Wang, Wenjie, Hao Fei, Song, Hongye, Ji, Wei, Lin, Jun, Liu, Xiaozhong, Tat-Seng Chua, Tang, Siliang
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 25.04.2024
• Subjects: Controllability; Image processing; Iterative methods; Large language models; Natural language; Retrieval; Training

Recent studies indicate that dense retrieval models struggle to perform well on a wide variety of retrieval tasks that lack dedicated training data, as different retrieval tasks often entail distinct search intents. To address this challenge, in this work we leverage instructions to flexibly describ...