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3eb7988a1663yesterday at 5:40 AM2 repliesview on HN

Well, when we had deterministic tools, it would only take a single example of a calculator claiming 1+1=4 for me to throw it in the trash.


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CamperBob2yesterday at 6:52 PM

That's like saying, "It would only take a single example of a table saw cutting someone's thumb off for me to switch back to hand saws."

A noble sentiment, perhaps. But while the table saw user might lose a digit every now and then, you'll get flattened. Determinism is vastly overrated.

IshKebabyesterday at 6:41 AM

And if you can come up with a deterministic tool that can do everything LLMs can then that would be amazing! Until then, we have to accept the non-determinism.