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tibbar • 05/15/2025 • 2 replies • view on HN

If you use a deterministic sampling strategy for the next token (e.g., always output the token with the highest probability) then a traditional LLM should be deterministic on the same hardware/software stack.


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extraduder_ire • 05/15/2025

Wouldn't seeding the RNG used to pick the next token be more configurable? How would changing the hardware/other software make a difference to what comes out of the model?

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roywiggins • 05/15/2025

Deterministic is one thing, but stable to small perturbations in the input is another.

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