"Furthermore, we contend that this mathematical limitation reflects a deeper philosophical boundary. Drawing upon Immanuel Kant’s distinction between analytic and synthetic judgements (
12), we argue that current GenAI is fundamentally an analytic engine. It excels at analysing, recombining, and interpolating the vast patterns contained within its human-generated training data. It cannot, however, generate synthetic knowledge–truly novel concepts, laws, or truths that are not simply derivative of its input."