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by jhartikainen 41 days ago
In theory maybe in some sense, but if we read Naur's definition of "theory" in a more strict or philosophical way, they can't in full. An LLM can't build a theory, because it doesn't have "real" experience, it's essentially just following rules. It also can't really argue or justify its choices like a person can.

This is discussed in the "Ryle's Notion of Theory" section of the original essay.