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Re:Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE by dwpdwpdwpdwpdwp on Friday August 04, 2023 @09:38PM (#37008106)
Mathematically, computation is deterministic. The author dismisses or ignores the many ways that the physical apparatus driving the computation can force the result of a software application to be a function of time.

Calling GetTimeOfDay() could do it.

Clock frequency drift between multiple processors could it.

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Re:Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE by water9 on Friday August 04, 2023 @09:46PM (#37008153)
When theory fails to consult reality.
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Re:Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE by stevefan1999 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:45AM (#37012510)
Quantum computer is under the category of computers.

Quantum computation relied on Quantum mechanics.

Quantum mechanics are not deterministic.

So, Quantum computers are not deterministic.

Therefore, unless P=NP, not all computations are deterministic.

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