Google Cloud exec on software’s great reset and the end of certainty: we’re shifting from predictability to probability

We are currently witnessing the biggest collision in the history of software.

You’ve likely heard the terms “deterministic” and “probabilistic” in discussions about AI, but what does that really mean? And what does it mean for your business?

On one side, we have the deterministic model. This is how we have built software and businesses for 50 years. Every piece of software you bought – from your CRM system to a basic spreadsheet – has been precise, rule-bound, and intolerant of error.