What is Zero-shot Learning?
An AI model performing a task it was not specifically trained on, without any examples.
Why It Matters
Zero-shot capability means AI models can handle new tasks flexibly without needing custom training data.
Real-World Example
Asking an AI to classify customer feedback as positive or negative without showing it any labelled examples first.
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Related Terms
Few-shot Learning
Teaching an AI model to perform a task by showing it just a few examples in the prompt.
Prompt Engineering
The practice of crafting effective instructions for AI models to get the best possible responses.
Large Language Model (LLM)
An AI system trained on massive amounts of text that can understand and generate human language.
Transfer Learning
Using knowledge gained from one task to improve performance on a different but related task.
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Related Terms
Large Language Model (LLM)
An AI system trained on massive amounts of text that can understand and generate human language.
Prompt Engineering
The practice of crafting effective instructions for AI models to get the best possible responses.
Few-shot Learning
Teaching an AI model to perform a task by showing it just a few examples in the prompt.
Transfer Learning
Using knowledge gained from one task to improve performance on a different but related task.
Transformer
A type of AI architecture that processes text by paying attention to relationships between all words at once, rather...
Attention Mechanism
A technique that lets AI models focus on the most relevant parts of the input when generating output.