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LLM always returns 17 when I ask it 'Give me a number between 1 and 30'.

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A user reports that ChatGPT and Gemini both answer "17" when asked to pick a number between 1 and 30, across roughly 15 attempts.

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“I am using Chatgpt and Gemini, whenever I ask it the question 'Give me a number between 1 and 30' it always responds with 17. I thought LLM were non-deterministic. Is there a core reason this number is chosen every time?”
AI Stack Exchange, 29 Sept 2026, 00:44.

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