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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.

What the AI models said about humanity

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

Some of the responses were particularly blunt.…