[samatman]

This seems too strong to me. I agree with reliable as "repeatable", it's the determinism which seems excess to purpose.

If I have a great meal every time I go to a restaurant, that chef is reliably good. I do not require that the tomatoes on the salad be of identical number or placement, or cut along the precise same bias. Nor would I count the sesame seeds on the bun.

Are LLMs reliable by that standard? Sometimes yes, for some tasks. The envelope of tasks for which they're reliable is continuing to grow.