DeepMind's "LLM can't jump" argument: induction and deduction can't produce scientific revolutions
0xsachi · x · 2026-09-04
- Google DeepMind raises the "LLM can't jump" problem: give an LLM every paper, data point and observation Einstein had before 1905, and it still cannot independently discover relativity.
- The argument: LLMs master induction and deduction — finding patterns within existing rules — but true scientific revolution requires abduction, breaking out of the current framework, which is argued to be mathematically impossible for LLMs.
- Reposter 0xsachi endorses the conclusion: "AI will not replace humans."
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