GPT-powered analysis of Wikipedia battle pages ranks Napoleon as history's greatest general
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-19
- @JasonDean ran an analysis with GPT-Astra over Wikipedia battle pages, scoring historical commanders with a WAR-like metric adapted for army size differences.
- Conclusion: Napoleon clearly ranks as the greatest military general of all time.
- The thread also breaks generals down by era: ancient, medieval, and early modern.
- A quirky example of LLMs as research assistants for offbeat quantitative history.
Related event: LLM Analysis Ranks Napoleon as History's Top Commander by WAR(2 posts)→
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