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2026-07-24
arxiv.org
large-language-models
What is Good? Extracting and Testing Implicit Theories of Literary Quality from LLM Reasoning Traces
A new study from arXiv (2607.20425v1) finds that reasoning-enabled LLMs evaluate literary quality with 79.3% accuracy across six quality tiers, prioritizing craft, depth, and distinctive voice over co…