AI · Flashcard
What is "zero-shot" prompting?
- AAsking with no examples — you give only the instruction and let the model answer
- BAsking the same thing twice — you send a prompt again to confirm the first reply
- CAsking with the temperature off — you disable randomness so output never varies
- DAsking without any context — you strip out background to save on the token usage
Why this is the answer
Zero-shot means you give just the instruction, with no examples, and let the model respond. It's not about retrying, disabling randomness, or stripping context.
Official docs