Exploring Maximally Deterministic AI Usage: Return Offsets, Not Substrings
rickasaurus · x · 2026-08-28
The author proposes principles for maximizing determinism in AI applications: return offsets instead of substrings, pass references around instead of values, and have the AI describe necessary actions rather than executing them directly. These aim to improve controllability and reproducibility.
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