Ask ChatGPT or any other LLMs to give you ten random numbers between 0 an 9, and...

pcblues · 2026-03-21T08:00:24 1774080024

"These look really random" - I hope I missed your sarcasm.

That is so far from random.

Think of tossing a coin and getting ten heads in a row.

The probability of not repeating numbers in 10 numbers out of 10 is huge, and not random.

Randomness is why there is about a 50% chance of 2 people in a class of about thirty having a birthday on the same day.

Apple had to nerf their random play in iPod because songs repeated a lot.

Randomness clusters, it doesn't evenly distribute across its range, or it's not random.

raphman · 2026-03-21T09:24:58 1774085098

Oh yes, /s.

(I thought this was obvious and absolutely agree with your explanation.)

manquer · 2026-03-21T08:07:09 1774080429

Well there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law .

All digits do not appear in equal frequency in real world in the first place.

HeavyStorm · 2026-03-21T13:43:38 1774100618

They can't be random, that's not how a stochastic model produces tokens. Unless the models in question are using a tool call for it, the result will very likely carry bias

trick-or-treat · 2026-03-21T07:59:48 1774079988

They won't repeat numbers because that might make you mad. I tried with Gemini 3.0 to confirm.