zero-shot
/ˈzɪəroʊ ʃɒt/
asking a model to perform a task without any examples
zero-shot in a sentence
“Zero-shot translation works because the model learned language patterns during pre-training.”
Origin of zero-shot
zero + shot attempt
Related Words
chain-of-thought
intermediate reasoning steps generated while solving a task, whether elicited by prompting or produced internally by a reasoning model
prompt injection
an attack or failure mode in which instructions embedded in user input or external content steer an LLM application away from its intended behavior
context priming
using early context to set expectations and influence subsequent model behavior
meta-prompting
asking the model to help design or improve prompts for itself
persona prompting
instructing a model to adopt a role or perspective to shape its approach, emphasis, or style
instruction tuning
fine-tuning models specifically on instruction-following examples