Working With AI
Zero-Shot Prompting
Asking AI to do a task with no examples — just a plain instruction — and trusting it to figure it out.
Why it matters for your business
Most everyday AI use is zero-shot; if results are inconsistent, adding a couple of examples (few-shot) usually fixes it.
In practice
“Classify this review as positive, negative, or neutral” with no examples is a zero-shot prompt.