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		Krssst 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it Non-determinism is not as much of a problem as the lack of spec. C++ has the C++ norm, Python has its manual. One can refer to it to predict reliably how the program will behave without thinking of the generated assembly. LLMs have no spec.

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hirako2000 2 days ago [–]

The two come in hand.

Non determinism is what conveniently feels the gap of having no spec.

In fact turn temperature to 0. And it will be virtually deterministic. It exacerbates the problem that LLMs, as you rightly point out, have no spec.

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