Can LLMs flip coins in their heads?
— Sakana AI (@SakanaAILabs) 20 avril 2026
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.… pic.twitter.com/XyF7Xnj8Ll
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.