How Do You Teach a Machine to Read Like a Critic?

The Methodology Behind Our AI Analysis of Cortázar’s Rayuela Carlos Crespo Macaya· 2026 This is Part 2 of a series. Part 1: What Does a Novel Look Like From the Inside? presented the finding: the data suggests Cortázar designed the hopscotch reading order for collision - collision-dominant, but with a quiet undertow that the AI detects but cannot name. This article goes deeper into how we built the four instruments that revealed it - and what happens when you probe their limits.