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How Many Labeled Examples Does a Text Classifier Actually Need? I Measured It.

Before reaching for an LLM API on every classification problem, it's worth knowing what a decades-old baseline can already do with the labeled data you have — and exactly how much more data buys you. The post How Many Labeled Examples Does a Text Classifier Actually Need? I Measured It. appeared fir

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How Many Labeled Examples Does a Text Classifier Actually Need? I Measured It.

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