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[R] Selective classification for few-shot text: when can a model say 'I don't know' with a guarantee?

We study selective classification (abstaining when uncertain while guaranteeing a target error rate on accepted predictions) in the few-shot text setting. Using 12 Portuguese corpora and only 1, 5, or 10 labeled examples per class, we found that confidence estimation becomes the bottleneck: standar…

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  1. 2026-09-29 20:19 · r/deeplearning
    [R] Selective classification for few-shot text: when can a model say 'I don't know' with a guarantee?

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