D5Intermediate

Few-Shot vs Zero-Shot Comparison

30 minWhen you need formatted output

Format: Compare the output quality of giving AI examples vs not giving examples.

Zero-Shot (no examples):

"Classify the following user feedback as: positive, negative, neutral"

Few-Shot (with examples):

"Classify user feedback. Here are examples:

Feedback: 'This app is amazing!' -> positive
Feedback: 'The interface is confusing, can't find features' -> negative
Feedback: 'A new version was released' -> neutral

Now classify the following feedback: ..."

Practice scenarios:

  1. Email classification (urgent/normal/spam)
  2. Code review comment generation
  3. Product description rewriting
  4. Customer service reply generation

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