Definition
Deterministic vs. stochastic
Deterministic: run the same computation twice, get the same answer twice. Stochastic: probabilistic output that varies. Hardware demands deterministic. LLMs are stochastic — which is why Encube isolates them from the core math.
From the episode “The Physicist Building a Compiler for the Real World | Hugo Nordell, Encube”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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