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This is a great algorithm!

In this era where AI is eating away at how deterministic computers are, I really appreciate reading about an elegant solution to a real problem using deterministic logic.

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We still live in an age of deterministic computers. It’s the software that’s become fuzzy. (And since we’re on the subject: there’s no AI)

Yes, but a computer is just a paperweight without its software. Also, increasingly the hardware is being specifically designed and optimized for that non-deterministic software. The experience of using computers is changing and we’re still in the early days of that shift.

Of course there’s still plenty of deterministic software you can run… for now.

I can almost guarantee that all of AI runs on deterministic hardware and software. AI is just (near?) the top of the stack. There is no reason, and probably never will be to have a purely heuristic computer. Deterministic systems are way simpler and cheaper to handle very routine well defined tasks. Even AI authors code behind the scenes to process data files deterministically.

> there’s no AI

This is a theistic statement at this point, no?

Many people conflate "AI" and "AGI". It's disappointing to find people who don't know the difference on HN, though.

data = code in the AI age. Fuzzy data = fuzzy code.

Now combining AI with deterministic tool calling brings the best of both worlds.

Are you saying that "Artificial Intelligence" is just not properly named for now.we.currently use it? Feels like at least the distinction of qualifying it with the term, "LLM" is popular.

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