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zero-shot

zero-shot adjective: relating to zero-shot learning; performing without specialized training data.

Adjective

zero-shot (not comparable)

  1. (attributive, machine learning) Relating to zero-shot learning; performing without specialized training data.
    • zero-shot object detection
    • zero-shot translation

Examples of zero-shot in a sentence

  • Ask yourself if there is a way to get a zero-shot solution.2022, Sandra Kublik, Shubham Saboo, GPT-3, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 20:
  • No additional prompts for getting the responses were used, i.e. the data was created with a basic prompt in a zero-shot scenario.2023 October 30, Herbold et al., “A large-scale comparison of human-written versus ChatGPT-generated essays”, in Scientific Reports, volume...

Origin of zero-shot

After one-shot learning.

Phrases with zero-shot

Questions about zero-shot

What does zero-shot mean?
Zero-shot means relating to zero-shot learning; performing without specialized training data.
How do you use zero-shot in a sentence?
Ask yourself if there is a way to get a zero-shot solution.
What part of speech is zero-shot?
Zero-shot is an adjective.

Words near zero-shot in the dictionary

  1. zero-rate
  2. zero-rated
  3. zero-rates
  4. zero-rating
  5. zero-shadow day
  6. zero-shot
  7. zero-shot learning
  8. zero-sum
  9. zero-sum game
  10. zero-sum games
  11. zero-till

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