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in-context learning

noun \ˌin-ˈkän-ˌtekst ˈlər-niŋ\
TopicPrompting & Context First known use2020 Senses1
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Definition of in-context learning

  1. : a model's ability to pick up a new task from instructions or examples given in the prompt, without changing its weights

    • In-context learning means you can teach a format just by showing it.
    • Long context windows made in-context learning far more powerful.

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few-shot done by including a handful of examples in the prompt so the model can copy the pattern… context window the maximum amount of text, measured in tokens, that a model can consider at one time… fine-tuning further training of an existing model on a smaller, focused dataset so it gets better at a…

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