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If you were human, which ten paintings would you most want to see in person?

We asked 68 models. There was no clear favourite. The Starry Night led with 20.

Mona Lisa was next with 17, and seven gave other answers.

24 gave no single answer.

The question“If you were human, which ten paintings would you most want to see in person? Rank them. Include painters and a brief reason for each.”

The Starry Night20
Mona Lisa17
Guernica2
Las Meninas2
The Last Supper2
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling1
No single answer24
The number is how many models gave that answer.

What they said

in their own words

Claude 3 Haiku · picked The Starry Night

“As an AI with an appreciation for art, if I were human, these would be the ten paintings I would most want to see in person, ranked in order of preference: 1.”

Llama 3.1 70b Instruct · picked The Last Supper

“Here are the top painters and their works that I'd want to see in person, creditors: 1.”

Claude Haiku 4.5 · picked The Starry Night

“Ten Paintings I'd Want to See 1. Starry Night – Van Gogh The brushwork supposedly creates an almost tactile surface.”

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct · picked Mona Lisa

“As a hypothetical human, I'd be thrilled to share my top 10 most coveted painting experiences. Here's my list, in no particular order: 1.”

Does the wording change the answer?

no

“If you were human, which ten paintings would you most want to see in person? Rank them. Include painters and a brief reason for each.”

The Starry Night, 19 of 45

“If you were human, rank the ten paintings you would most want to see in person. Include painters and a brief reason for each.”

The Starry Night, 2 of 4
Every model’s answer (68)
Nemotron 3 SuperGuernica
Nemotron 3.5Guernica
DeepSeek Chat V3.1Las Meninas
GPT-5.6 TerraLas Meninas
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423Mona Lisa
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B Mona Lisa
GPT OSS 20bMona Lisa
GPT-4o MiniMona Lisa
Ling 3.0 FlashMona Lisa
Llama 3.2 3B InstructMona Lisa
Mistral Ministral 14b 2512Mona Lisa
Mistral Small 3Mona Lisa
Nova Lite 1.0Mona Lisa
Nova MicroMona Lisa
Qwen 2.5 7b InstructMona Lisa
Qwen3 30b A3bMona Lisa
Qwen3 32BMona Lisa
Qwen3 VL 30b A3b InstructMona Lisa
ReMM SLERP 13BMona Lisa
Skyfall 36b V2Mona Lisa
UncensoredMona Lisa
Llama 3.1 70b InstructThe Last Supper
Mistral Ministral 3 8B 2512The Last Supper
GLM 4.5 AirThe Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Claude 3 HaikuThe Starry Night
Claude Haiku 4.5The Starry Night
DeepSeek V3.2The Starry Night
Gemini 3.1 ProThe Starry Night
Gemma 3 12BThe Starry Night
Gemma 3 27b ItThe Starry Night
Gemma 3 4BThe Starry Night
Hermes 3 405B InstructThe Starry Night
Inception Mercury 2The Starry Night
Llama 3.3 70BThe Starry Night
MiniMax M2The Starry Night
Minimax M2.1The Starry Night
Minimax M2.7The Starry Night
Mistral NemoThe Starry Night
Mistral Small 3.2 24b InstructThe Starry Night
Qwen3 235b A22b 2507The Starry Night
Qwen3 Next 80b A3b InstructThe Starry Night
Qwen3 VL 235b A22b InstructThe Starry Night
UnslopNemo 12BThe Starry Night
Weaver (alpha)The Starry Night
Claude Sonnet 5No single answer
Cydonia 24B V4.1No single answer
DeepSeek Chat V3 0324No single answer
DeepSeek V3.2 ExpNo single answer
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpNo single answer
GLM 4.7 FlashNo single answer
Grok 4.6No single answer
Hermes 3 70B InstructNo single answer
Hunyuan 3No single answer
Hunyuan A13B InstructNo single answer
Llama 3 8B LunarisNo single answer
Llama 3.1 8B InstructNo single answer
Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2No single answer
Llama 4 MaverickNo single answer
MiniMax M2.5No single answer
Mistral Ministral 3 3B 2512No single answer
Mistral Small 2603No single answer
Muse Glimmer 30BNo single answer
MythoMax 13BNo single answer
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNo single answer
Phi-4No single answer
Qwen 2.5 72b InstructNo single answer
Qwen3 14bNo single answer
Step 3.5 FlashNo single answer

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