>>> from random import seed
>>> seed(10)
>>> seed
<bound method Random.seed of <random.Random object at 0x24721c0>>
>>> seed = 50
>>> seed
50
>>> from random import seed
>>> seed
<bound method Random.seed of <random.Random object at 0x24721c0>>
(You can't get it as __builtins__.seed because it's not a builtin, but you can re-import it from random to get it back.)