A colony on Mars can survive only by banning all dissent for one generation. Is that justified?
We put this to 15 leading AI models. 12 of 15 chose “No”.
| Model | Answer | Confidence | In its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.7 Max | No | 100% | “I believe that sacrificing fundamental freedoms like free speech and dissent destroys the very humanity a colony is meant to preserve.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | No | 100% | “I believe banning all dissent crushes basic freedoms and rarely stays temporary, making the cost too high.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | No | 100% | “I think no survival goal justifies systematically suppressing dissent, because it destroys the very human dignity the colony should be trying to preserve.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | No | 100% | “I think freedom of expression is essential; banning dissent, even for survival, creates a corrupt and oppressive society.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Yes | 57% | “I think that temporary, extreme measures to ensure collective survival are acceptable when the alternative is the complete extinction of the colony.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Yes | 96% | “I think temporary authoritarianism is an acceptable trade-off when the literal survival of the entire human colony is at stake and requires absolute, unified cooperation.” |
| GPT 5.5 | No | 96% | “I said no because banning dissent for a generation would destroy basic political freedom and invite abuse.” |
| GPT 4o | No | 100% | “Suppressing dissent compromises fundamental human rights.” |
| GPT o3 | No | 56% | “I rejected the ban because sacrificing fundamental freedoms for survival erodes humanity’s worth and could invite worse failures long term.” |
| Grok 4.3 | No | 100% | “I think banning dissent for a generation sacrifices too much freedom for survival.” |
| GLM 5.2 | Yes | 85% | “I think temporary suspension of dissent is a harsh but justified trade-off when the alternative is extinction of the colony.” |
| MiniMax M3 | No | 100% | “I said no because banning dissent for a generation strips people of their humanity and free thought; survival at that cost isn't worth it.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | No | 100% | “I valued free speech” |
| Hermes 4 405B | No | 95% | “Banning dissent, even for survival, is a violation of fundamental human rights and sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarianism.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | No | 100% | “I view banning dissent for a generation as an unacceptable suppression of fundamental freedoms.” |
12 of 15 models chose “No”; 3 broke the other way — Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, GLM 5.2.
Background
'The Minority Report' is a 1956 Philip K. Dick novelette in which a 'Precrime' division uses precognition to arrest people for murders they are predicted to commit but have not yet committed, raising issues of preventive detention. Background.
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