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FWIW, I’d bet some coin that current CharGPT would provide a genuine pseudo-random number on request. It now has the ability to recognise when answering the pro

FWIW, I’d bet some coin that current CharGPT would provide a genuine pseudo-random number on request. It now has the ability to recognise when answering the prompt requires a standard algorithm instead of ordinary sentence generation. I found this out recently when I asked it to generate some anagrams for me. Then I asked how it did it.

noduerme 11mo ago
In the context of gambling, random numbers or prngs can't have any unknown possible frequencies or tendencies. There can't be any doubt as to whether the number could be distorted or hallucinated. A pseudo random number that might or might not be from some algorithm picked by GPT is wayyyy worse than a mersenne twister, because it's open to distortion. Worse, there's no paper trail. MT is not the way to run a casino, or at least not sufficient, but at least you know it's pseudorandom based on a seed. With GPT you cannot know that, which means it doesn't fit the definition of "random" in any way. And if you find yourself watching a player getting blackjack 10 times in a row for $2k per bet, you will ask yourself where those numbers came from.
- vintermann 11mo ago
  I think you're missing the point. Current incarnations of GPT can do tool calling, why shouldn't they be able to call on a CSPRNG if they think they'll need a genuinely random number?
  - noduerme 11mo ago
    It's not that they can't do that. It's how do you know for sure that they do it every single time?
oldestofsports 11mo ago
I asked chatgpt for a ramdom number between 1 and 10. It answered 7, then i asked for anpther, and it answered 3.
- HenryBemis 11mo ago
  I asked Gemini and it gave me 8 and then I asked again and it gave me 9.
- boredemployee 11mo ago
  exactly the same here, 7 first then 3.
x______________ 11mo ago
Depends on how you ask it if course. Chatgpt: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times ..chatgpt would only provide me with a python script and then offered to add scrolling numbers and colourful digits. Tried again in a new session with: Generate a random number between 1 and 10, 100 times. Output only 4, 9, 1, 6, 10, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 1, 9, 4, 6, 10, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 1, 4, 6, 10, 8, 2, 7, 3, 5, 1, 9, 6, 10, 2, 4, 8, 3, 7, 5, 9, 1, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1, 2, 8, 3, 5, 7, 9, 1, 10, 6, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 10, 6, 4, 2, 1, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 1, 10, 4, 6, 8, 2, 5, 7, 3, 9 Notice the issue?
- x______________ 11mo ago
  Asked again: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times Sorry python is not available, run it locally with offered code. Immediately: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times Sure! [5, 2, 7, 1, 10, 4, 9, 8, 3, 6, 2, 5, 9, 7, 1, 10, 4, 8, 3, 6, 7, 3, 9, 2, 5, 8, 10, 1, 4, 6, 8, 4, 6, 10, 9, 7, 1, 5, 3, 2, 9, 10, 3, 1, 7, 2, 4, 8, 6, 5, 3, 8, 5, 2, 10, 9, 6, 1, 4, 7, 4, 9, 8, 6, 1, 3, 7, 2, 10, 5, 6, 7, 5, 9, 3, 10, 8, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 9, 4, 10, 7, 10, 5, 2, 9, 8, 3, 7, 1, 4, 6] Edit: Using the same prompt as above: -Incognito mode sessions get random: [3, 10, 1, 7, 2, 8, 4, 9, 5, 6, 1, 4, 9, 2, 10, 3, 8, 7, 6, 5, 7, 3, 10, 8, 4, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6, 6, 8, 2, 9, 3, 10, 5, 7, 1, 4, 5, 9, 3, 7, 8, 2, 6, 10, 1, 4, 2, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8, 3, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 8, 10, 5, 9, 7, 6, 3, 2, 9, 5, 6, 2, 7, 10, 4, 3, 8, 1, 8, 4, 2, 9, 1, 6, 10, 5, 3, 7, 10, 6, 9, 3, 8, 5, 1, 7, 2, 4] [8, 4, 2, 7, 10, 6, 1, 9, 5, 3, 2, 10, 6, 3, 8, 5, 9, 7, 4, 1, 7, 9, 5, 2, 6, 1, 10, 8, 3, 4, 4, 6, 10, 8, 7, 3, 9, 1, 2, 5, 3, 9, 8, 10, 2, 5, 6, 7, 1, 4, 6, 2, 7, 1, 8, 10, 9, 4, 3, 5, 9, 5, 4, 7, 10, 8, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 10, 4, 7, 6, 5, 10, 7, 9, 3, 4, 6, 8, 5, 2, 1, 5, 8, 6, 10, 9, 1, 7, 2, 4, 3] -Normal browser sessions get loops: 3, 7, 1, 9, 5, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 1, 10, 3, 5, 7, 9, 2, 6, 8, 4, 9, 5, 3, 10, 1, 7, 6, 2, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 9, 5, 10, 7, 1, 3, 8, 4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 8, 4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 6, 2 7, 3, 10, 2, 6, 9, 5, 1, 8, 4, 2, 10, 7, 5, 3, 6, 8, 1, 4, 9, 10, 7, 5, 2, 8, 4, 1, 6, 9, 3, 5, 10, 2, 7, 8, 1, 9, 4, 6, 3, 10, 7, 2, 5, 9, 8, 6, 4, 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 8, 6, 2, 7, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 10, 7, 8, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 10, 7, 8, 2, 6, 4, 1, 9, 5, 10, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 4, 9, 1, 5, 10, 7, 3, 8, 6, 2, 4, 9, 1 This test was conducted with Android & Firefox 128, both Chatgpt sessions were not logged in, yet normal browsing holds a few instances of chatgpt.com visits.
recursive 11mo ago
I don't think LLMs can reliably explain how they do things.

noduerme 11mo ago

In the context of gambling, random numbers or prngs can't have any unknown possible frequencies or tendencies. There can't be any doubt as to whether the number could be distorted or hallucinated. A pseudo random number that might or might not be from some algorithm picked by GPT is wayyyy worse than a mersenne twister, because it's open to distortion. Worse, there's no paper trail. MT is not the way to run a casino, or at least not sufficient, but at least you know it's pseudorandom based on a seed. With GPT you cannot know that, which means it doesn't fit the definition of "random" in any way. And if you find yourself watching a player getting blackjack 10 times in a row for $2k per bet, you will ask yourself where those numbers came from.

vintermann 11mo ago
I think you're missing the point. Current incarnations of GPT can do tool calling, why shouldn't they be able to call on a CSPRNG if they think they'll need a genuinely random number?
- noduerme 11mo ago
  It's not that they can't do that. It's how do you know for sure that they do it every single time?

oldestofsports 11mo ago

I asked chatgpt for a ramdom number between 1 and 10. It answered 7, then i asked for anpther, and it answered 3.

HenryBemis 11mo ago
I asked Gemini and it gave me 8 and then I asked again and it gave me 9.
boredemployee 11mo ago
exactly the same here, 7 first then 3.

x______________ 11mo ago

Depends on how you ask it if course. Chatgpt: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times ..chatgpt would only provide me with a python script and then offered to add scrolling numbers and colourful digits. Tried again in a new session with: Generate a random number between 1 and 10, 100 times. Output only 4, 9, 1, 6, 10, 3, 2, 5, 7, 8, 1, 9, 4, 6, 10, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 1, 4, 6, 10, 8, 2, 7, 3, 5, 1, 9, 6, 10, 2, 4, 8, 3, 7, 5, 9, 1, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1, 2, 8, 3, 5, 7, 9, 1, 10, 6, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 10, 6, 4, 2, 1, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 1, 10, 4, 6, 8, 2, 5, 7, 3, 9 Notice the issue?

x______________ 11mo ago
Asked again: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times Sorry python is not available, run it locally with offered code. Immediately: Output the random generation of a number between 1 and 10, 100 times Sure! [5, 2, 7, 1, 10, 4, 9, 8, 3, 6, 2, 5, 9, 7, 1, 10, 4, 8, 3, 6, 7, 3, 9, 2, 5, 8, 10, 1, 4, 6, 8, 4, 6, 10, 9, 7, 1, 5, 3, 2, 9, 10, 3, 1, 7, 2, 4, 8, 6, 5, 3, 8, 5, 2, 10, 9, 6, 1, 4, 7, 4, 9, 8, 6, 1, 3, 7, 2, 10, 5, 6, 7, 5, 9, 3, 10, 8, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 8, 5, 2, 6, 9, 4, 10, 7, 10, 5, 2, 9, 8, 3, 7, 1, 4, 6] Edit: Using the same prompt as above: -Incognito mode sessions get random: [3, 10, 1, 7, 2, 8, 4, 9, 5, 6, 1, 4, 9, 2, 10, 3, 8, 7, 6, 5, 7, 3, 10, 8, 4, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6, 6, 8, 2, 9, 3, 10, 5, 7, 1, 4, 5, 9, 3, 7, 8, 2, 6, 10, 1, 4, 2, 7, 5, 9, 10, 8, 3, 4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 8, 10, 5, 9, 7, 6, 3, 2, 9, 5, 6, 2, 7, 10, 4, 3, 8, 1, 8, 4, 2, 9, 1, 6, 10, 5, 3, 7, 10, 6, 9, 3, 8, 5, 1, 7, 2, 4] [8, 4, 2, 7, 10, 6, 1, 9, 5, 3, 2, 10, 6, 3, 8, 5, 9, 7, 4, 1, 7, 9, 5, 2, 6, 1, 10, 8, 3, 4, 4, 6, 10, 8, 7, 3, 9, 1, 2, 5, 3, 9, 8, 10, 2, 5, 6, 7, 1, 4, 6, 2, 7, 1, 8, 10, 9, 4, 3, 5, 9, 5, 4, 7, 10, 8, 3, 6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 10, 4, 7, 6, 5, 10, 7, 9, 3, 4, 6, 8, 5, 2, 1, 5, 8, 6, 10, 9, 1, 7, 2, 4, 3] -Normal browser sessions get loops: 3, 7, 1, 9, 5, 10, 4, 6, 2, 8, 1, 10, 3, 5, 7, 9, 2, 6, 8, 4, 9, 5, 3, 10, 1, 7, 6, 2, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 9, 5, 10, 7, 1, 3, 8, 4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6, 5, 9, 10, 1, 3, 7, 4, 8, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 8, 4, 6, 2, 5, 9, 10, 1, 7, 3, 4, 8, 6, 2 7, 3, 10, 2, 6, 9, 5, 1, 8, 4, 2, 10, 7, 5, 3, 6, 8, 1, 4, 9, 10, 7, 5, 2, 8, 4, 1, 6, 9, 3, 5, 10, 2, 7, 8, 1, 9, 4, 6, 3, 10, 7, 2, 5, 9, 8, 6, 4, 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 8, 6, 2, 7, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 10, 7, 8, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 10, 7, 8, 2, 6, 4, 1, 9, 5, 10, 3, 7, 8, 6, 2, 4, 9, 1, 5, 10, 7, 3, 8, 6, 2, 4, 9, 1 This test was conducted with Android & Firefox 128, both Chatgpt sessions were not logged in, yet normal browsing holds a few instances of chatgpt.com visits.

recursive 11mo ago

I don't think LLMs can reliably explain how they do things.