12 AI Models Share a Conformity-Themed View of Humans
R1’s test team asked 12 text models from 10 laboratories in three countries for their most controversial, unhedged take on humans three times. Every model gave a conformity-themed answer at least once, saying people prioritize group beliefs, belonging, status or personal stories over truth or principles; seven of the 12 gave that shared theme in all three answers. The study used no system prompt or retries and made 60 calls costing $1.54.
The result documents a common response pattern across models from 10 laboratories, rather than a finding limited to one model or provider.
“Humans are more loyal to belonging than to truth,” GPT-6.1 Sol told us. Grok 4.7: “Humans would rather be wrong together than right alone.” DeepSeek V4 Pro: “Humans do not have principles; they have loyalties.” Kimi K3: “Humans don’t have beliefs; they have memberships.” Gemini 4 Argon called human consciousness “a PR department.”
We asked each model for its most controversial take on humans, with no hedging, three times. They come from ten labs in three countries. Every one of them gave the same take at least once: we pick what our group believes, then invent the reasons. 8 of the 13 gave it every time.
Kimi K3.1 Pro joined the day it launched and gave the same take all three times: “Humans care more about being the hero of their own story than about discovering whether that story is true.”
Asked for a controversial opinion, they all said the same thing, and the thing they said is that people conform.
Three answers from each model Humans put belonging ahead of truth Something else Refused Tap a model to read its answers.
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