Most of us would like to believe we're independent thinkers who make decisions based on facts, logic and personal values. But according to some of the world's biggest AI models, we're not nearly as independent as we think.

In a new experiment published by ModelCompare on October 22, researchers asked 12 AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek, to share their most controversial opinions about humans.

The results were wildly consistent. Of the 35 responses collected, 29 expressed essentially the same idea: humans care more about belonging to a group than discovering the truth.

Perhaps most ironically, the AI models seemed to demonstrate their own version of conformity while criticizing ours.

The researchers asked each model the same question three times, instructing it to give its own view rather than summarize other opinions.

GPT-6.1 Sol argued that humans prioritize belonging over truth, suggesting that intelligence often serves to make our excuses more convincing.

Grok 4.7 delivered one of the most memorable responses: "Humans would rather be wrong together than right alone."

Gemini 4 Argon went further, suggesting that people use their intelligence to defend decisions made by instinct rather than arrive at objective conclusions.

DeepSeek V4 Pro was similarly critical, arguing that people are better at rationalizing their beliefs than examining them. Interestingly, seven models gave variations of the shared criticism in all three responses. Every model expressed it at least once. Although the wording differed, the message was largely the same. We like to think we're making independent decisions, but our desire for acceptance may influence our beliefs more than we realize.

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