This question resolves based on the number of times that I cry audibly while or shortly after reading AI-written text, up to a maximum of 4 times, over the course of 200k AI-written words that I will read between 1/1/2025 to 6/31/2026.

Every three months starting from the beginning of 2025, I will read at least 20k words of prose or poetry written by AIs, with special attention to recommendations from this comment section. I will take care to only consider works which were credibly written with only trivial human involvement. I will also read 80k words shortly after July 1, 2026, for a total of 200k words counted for this question.

Resolves according to the equation:

min(4, (Number of times I cry within 200k words)) * 25%

I will log and report the words that I read as part of this question. I will decide ahead of time whether a reading session "counts" toward this question (other reading doesn't count). During reading sessions, I will try my best not to cry while still being attentive to the text. I will take a small NO position to align my incentives. I will attempt to read each individual work in one sitting, with up to 3 hours per sitting. During reading sessions, I may take occasional breaks, but never as a way to escape an emotional mood. For AI-written pieces I decide to read as they are recommended to me, I will try my best not to have them spoiled.

Qualifying works should be primarily text. I will not listen to audio or watch videos associated with any work. Figures, diagrams, and occasional pictures (not necessarily AI-generated) are fine; there should be, say, less than two pictures per thousand words for qualifying work, though I will read text-only versions of works if needed.

I cry when reading very rarely in general, which I'd roughly estimate is distributed as a Poisson process with one cry per 300k words of creative text on average.