The problem with probabilistic software: AI needs deterministic boundaries, not deterministic cores
forevergeeks · reddit · 2026-10-01
The author argues software governance has relied for 30 years on determinism—same inputs, predictable behavior—which enabled testing, auditing, and rule enforcement. Embedding probabilistic AI into business infrastructure breaks that assumption. The fix isn't making AI deterministic but building a new infrastructure layer of deterministic boundaries around it.
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