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Home/Glossary/Zero-Shot Learning
AI Glossary Term

What does “Zero-Shot Learning” mean?

Definition

Solving tasks without task-specific examples by relying on prior general knowledge.

Related terms

Continual Learning
Training approaches that let a model keep learning from new data without forgetting prior knowledge.
AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
A hypothetical AI system that can perform most intellectual tasks at a human level across many domains.
Few-Shot Learning
Learning or adapting behavior from only a small number of examples.
Fine-Tuning
Continuing training on domain-specific data to adapt a pre-trained model to a specific task.
Transfer Learning
Applying knowledge learned in one task or domain to improve another task.
Prompt Template
A reusable prompt pattern with variables, formatting rules, and task-specific instructions.

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