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1. If an outside-the-system observer cannot detect any flaws in what a RNG outputs, does the outsider have any basis for claiming a lack of randomness? Practically speaking, randomness is a matter of prediction based on what you know.

2. AI just means “non human” intelligence. An AI system (of course) can incorporate various sources of entropy, including sensors. This is already commonly done.


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