AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 18h ago6/10
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The Token Not Taken: Sampling, State, and the Variability of AI Agent Outputs
A new arXiv paper analyzes the sources of variability in agentic AI systems, distinguishing between token-sampling randomness intrinsic to foundation models and external factors like environmental changes and infrastructure effects. The research clarifies when AI agent outputs are genuinely stochastic versus reproducible, with implications for understanding AI reliability in production deployments.