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Francesco Ronchi's avatar

I would NEVER implement a non deterministic API. There are too many things that can go wrong, both by chance and by malevolous intentions...

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Luca Rossi's avatar

When you think about it, LLM APIs (that we use everyday) are non-deterministic APIs :)

I think this direction is inevitable, but we shouldn't probably worry too much. After all, humans are non-deterministic by definition, but we still work with them!

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Simone Cicero's avatar

It's like when you call a provider three times and three operators give you a different response. At some point, you'll be happy one person gave you the response you like, but then hold him/her accountable for that, it's another story ...

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Harrison's avatar

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