They can form new associations between concepts via their input prompts and thinking text. That is a form of learning. Just not very durable. I liken it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterograde_amnesia
yeah, I should have been more specific: I meant the type of learning that mentoring fosters, the long term learning.
yeah, I should have been more specific: I meant the type of learning that mentoring fosters, the long term learning.