Can AI Interpret Literature? New Benchmark Says Not Yet

20/05/2025 9 min

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Today we are exploring a new research paper called "Close Reading as a Novel Task for Benchmarking Interpretive Reasoning". This paper introduces KRISTEVA, a new benchmark that aims to evaluate how well large language models can perform interpretive reasoning tasks akin to close reading in literature. Dan’s new book Infinite Education is out nowFind Dan on:⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠X⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Newsletter⁠AI-generated content can make mistakes