Machine Learning Algorithms & Natural Language Processing

Aug 23, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Beyond Scaling Laws: Yaqing Wang on Data-Efficient Learning as AI’s Next Frontier (IJCAI 2026)

The article examines the limits of scaling laws, highlights the pervasive data scarcity in fields such as drug discovery and recommendation, and presents Yaqing Wang’s comprehensive analysis—from few‑shot and meta‑learning to In‑Context Learning and the DEAL framework—demonstrating how structured priors and data‑efficient agentic learning can enable reliable generalization from limited data.