--- title: Can LLMs Actually Invent New Science? | daily.dev description: A YouTube video discusses a research paper (referred to as 'LLMs can't jump') by a Google DeepMind researcher, arguing that while LLMs are good at solving... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/0ncpgcn6d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Can LLMs Actually Invent New Science? | daily.dev og:description: A YouTube video discusses a research paper (referred to as 'LLMs can't jump') by a Google DeepMind researcher, arguing that while LLMs are good at solving... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/0ncpgcn6d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0ncpGCn6d.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can LLMs Actually Invent New Science? **[AI](https://daily.dev/sources/ai)** · [@fotiecodes](https://daily.dev/fotiecodes) · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A YouTube video discusses a research paper (referred to as 'LLMs can't jump') by a Google DeepMind researcher, arguing that while LLMs are good at solving well-defined problems, they struggle to make the kind of conceptual 'jump' that redefines the problem itself, as Einstein did with gravity and acceleration. The creator illustrates this with an example of an AI agent optimizing a slow database query when the real issue was a suspicious-looking payment page. The video questions whether AI systems that search through many possibilities and stumble on a novel idea are truly making a scientific leap or just getting very good at search, and teases an upcoming video about the JEPA research approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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