What is zero-shot learning?

Zero-shot learning tackles tasks with no examples.
Yoshua Bengio

How It Works:

Models generalize to unseen classes or tasks by leveraging semantic embeddings or descriptive prompts, mapping novel inputs to known concepts.

Key Benefits:

  • No labeled data needed for new categories
  • Rapid support for evolving requirements
  • Leverages rich pretraining

Real-World Use Cases:

  • Classifying new product types without retraining
  • Understanding novel user intents in chatbots

FAQs

How accurate is zero-shot?
What models support it?