About whether an LLM trained only on 19th-century texts could rediscover modern physics.
Has this happened?
Yes 8 (6%)Not sure 50 (39%)No 70 (55%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether an LLM trained only on 19th-century texts could rediscover modern physics.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
LLMs are models that predict tokens. They don't think, they don't build with blocks. They would never be able to synthesize knowledge about QM.