LLM Reads 23,000 Western Canon Books to Build a Long-Run Cultural Series from Year 0 to 1920
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-30
A researcher used LLMs to read 23,000 books from the Western canon, scoring what each endorses in terms of cultural values, creating a long-run cultural series from year 0 to 1920. The work aims to integrate cultural factors into growth models, filling a gap in long-term cultural data.
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