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Getting LLMs to simulate “true” randomness or generate diverse outputs is surprisingly difficult. We found a simple prompting trick that sol…

Getting LLMs to simulate “true” randomness or generate diverse outputs is surprisingly difficult. We found a simple prompting trick that solves this by having the model generate and manipulate a rando

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Getting LLMs to simulate “true” randomness or generate diverse outputs is surprisingly difficult. We found a simple prompting trick that solves this by having the model generate and manipulate a random string. To be presented at #ICLR2026 this week! Blog: https://pub.sakana.ai/ssot Can LLMs flip coins in their heads? When prompted to “Flip a fair coin” 100 times, the heads to tails ratio drifts far from 50:50. LLMs can understand what the target probability should be, but generating outputs that faithfully follow a given distribution is a separate problem. …

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Source: David Ha (X) | 2026-04-20

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