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Zero-Shot Classification
Classifying text into categories that the model was never explicitly trained on, using only the category names or descriptions as guidance.
Zero-Shot Learning
A model's ability to perform a task it was never explicitly trained on or shown examples of. The model applies its general knowledge and reasoning to handle entirely new task types.
Zero-Shot Prompting
Giving an LLM a task instruction without any examples, relying entirely on the model's pre-trained knowledge and instruction-following ability to perform the task.