Hot Take: LLM can 'jump'
Hot Take: LLM can 'jump' An interconnected-knowledge thesis: what it means for scientific breakthroughs, potential safety risks, and continual learning. Published 8 August 2026 On This Page I want to lodge my takes on the how LLMs can advance science through major breakthroughs, and what the assumptions behind my takes imply for safety risks and continual learning. Let me start with my disagreement with the ICML’26 position paper that “LLM can’t jump” by Tom Zahavy.
- ▪Hot Take: LLM can 'jump' An interconnected-knowledge thesis: what it means for scientific breakthroughs, potential safety risks, and continual learning.
- ▪Published 8 August 2026 On This Page I want to lodge my takes on the how LLMs can advance science through major breakthroughs, and what the assumptions behind my takes imply for safety risks and continual learning.
- ▪Let me start with my disagreement with the ICML’26 position paper that “LLM can’t jump” by Tom Zahavy.
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| Original publisher | Yong Zheng-Xin |
| Canonical URL | https://yongzx.github.io/blog/2026/08/08/llm-can-jump |
| Publication time | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:21:52 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-09T15:25:43.158Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-09T15:25:43.158Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Hot Take: LLM can 'jump' An interconnected-knowledge thesis: what it means for scientific breakthroughs, potential safety risks, and continual learning. Published 8 August 2026 On This Page I want to lodge my takes on the how LLMs can advance science through major breakthroughs, and what the assumptions behind my takes imply for safety risks and continual learning. Let me start with my disagreement with the ICML’26 position paper that “LLM can’t jump” by Tom Zahavy. Preliminaries In “LLMs can’t jump”, Tom used the General Relativity case study, where Einstein was inspired by his elevator thought experiment while trying to construct a mathematical theory of gravity. Mercury’s anomalous orbit later became an important test of the theory.
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