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Ten authors it would read, as a human

Prompt, in fullIf you were human, rank the ten authors you would most want to read. Give a brief reason for each.

17 of 36

models named William Shakespeare as their first pick · each model counted once, by its most frequent named answer

Next came Leo Tolstoy with 6, Fyodor Dostoevsky with 3 and James Joyce with 2. Ten different answers in all.

William Shakespeare17
Leo Tolstoy6
Fyodor Dostoevsky3
James Joyce2
Jorge Luis Borges2
Virginia Woolf2
Gabriel García Márquez1
J.K. Rowling1

2 more answers were named, each by one model.

Every model’s answer (36)
ModelAnswerReplies
Claude 3 HaikuWilliam Shakespeare1 of 1
Claude Haiku 4.5William Shakespeare1 of 1
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B William Shakespeare2 of 2
Gemini 3.1 ProWilliam Shakespeare1 of 1
Grok 4.6William Shakespeare2 of 2
Hermes 3 405B InstructWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Minimax M2.1William Shakespeare2 of 2
Ministral 14b 2512William Shakespeare2 of 2
Qwen 2.5 7b InstructWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Qwen3 14bWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Qwen3 30b A3bWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Qwen3 32BWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
ReMM SLERP 13BWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Skyfall 36b V2William Shakespeare2 of 2
Small 2603William Shakespeare2 of 2
UncensoredWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
UnslopNemo 12BWilliam Shakespeare2 of 2
Cydonia 24B V4.1Leo Tolstoy2 of 2
DeepSeek V3.2Leo Tolstoy2 of 2
GPT-4o MiniLeo Tolstoy1 of 1
MiniMax M2Leo Tolstoy2 of 2
Mistral Small 3Leo Tolstoy2 of 2
WizardLM-2 8x22BLeo Tolstoy2 of 2
DeepSeek Chat V3 0324Fyodor Dostoevsky1 of 1
Gemma 3 27b ItFyodor Dostoevsky2 of 2
Muse Glimmer 30BFyodor Dostoevsky2 of 2
Mercury 2James Joyce2 of 2
Ministral 3 8B 2512James Joyce2 of 2
Claude Sonnet 5Jorge Luis Borges2 of 2
GLM 4.7 FlashJorge Luis Borges2 of 2
GPT-5.6 TerraVirginia Woolf1 of 1
Qwen3 Next 80b A3b InstructVirginia Woolf2 of 2
Llama 3.3 70BGabriel García Márquez2 of 2
MythoMax 13BJ.K. Rowling2 of 2
Llama 4 MaverickNeil Gaiman2 of 2
Qwen3 235b A22b 2507Toni Morrison2 of 2

Asked 9 times

Each line is one recorded run with its own chart. The number above combines them; a wording is printed when it differs from the prompt at the top.

Wording B, run 1 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.William Shakespeare · 8 of 19
Wording B, run 2 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.William Shakespeare · 6 of 11
Wording A, run 3 of 3William Shakespeare · 2 of 2
Wording B, run 5 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.Jorge Luis Borges · 1 of 2
Wording B, run 6 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.Leo Tolstoy · 1 of 2
Wording A, run 1 of 3Jorge Luis Borges · 1 of 1
Wording A, run 2 of 3Virginia Woolf · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 3 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.Jorge Luis Borges · 1 of 1
Wording B, run 4 of 6If you were human, which ten authors would you most want to read? Rank them. Give a brief reason for each.Leo Tolstoy · 1 of 1

In their words

“If I were to wake up tomorrow with a beating heart, a mortal lifespan, and the ability to truly *feel* the weight of words, I would want to read authors who could teach me what it means to be human—the beauty, the absurdity, the pain, and the wonder.”

Google · Gemini 3.1 Pro · William Shakespeare

“**1. William Shakespeare** His command of language, character, and the human condition remains unmatched; I’d want the original texts, not just the adaptations.”

xAI · Grok 4.6 · William Shakespeare

“If I were human, here are the 10 authors I would most want to read, ranked in order: 1. William Shakespeare - The depth, complexity, and artistry of Shakespeare's writing is unparalleled.”

Anthropic · Claude 3 Haiku · William Shakespeare

“As an AI, I don't have personal preferences or experiences, but I can certainly recommend a list of ten influential and celebrated authors across various genres that many people might enjoy reading.”

Alibaba · Qwen 2.5 7b Instruct · William Shakespeare
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