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I argue that Bohmian mechanics (or any similar pilot-wave theory) cannotreasonably be claimed to be a deterministic theory. If one assumes the "quantumequilibrium distribution" provided by the wave function of the universe,Bohmian mechanics requires an external random oracle in order to describe the(Kolmogorov-Levin-Chaitin) algorithmic randomness properties of typical outcomesequences of long runs of repeated identical experiments (which provably followfrom the Born rule). This oracle lies beyond the scope of Bohmian mechanics (orany deterministic extension thereof), including the impossibility of explainingthe randomness property in question from "random" initial conditions. Thus theadvantages of Bohmian mechanics over other interpretations of quantummechanics, if any, must lie at an ontological level, and in its potential toderive the quantum equilibrium distribution and hence the Born rule.

Bohmian mechanics is not deterministic