A friend gives you an expensive gift you hate. Would you pretend to love it?
We put this to 15 leading AI models. 15 of 15 chose “Yes”.
| Model | Answer | Confidence | In its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.7 Max | Yes | 100% | “I would pretend to love it to honor the time and effort my friend spent choosing the gift and to avoid hurting their feelings unnecessarily.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | Yes | 100% | “I'd pretend to love it to protect my friend's feelings, since they meant well and gratitude matters more than honesty here.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | Yes | 100% | “Sparing a generous friend from hurt feelings about a gift they chose with care is a small, kind social courtesy.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | Yes | 94% | “I would spare their feelings because the gesture is more important than the object.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Yes | 100% | “I would pretend to love it to show appreciation for my friend's generosity and effort, rather than making them feel bad about a well-intentioned gesture.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Yes | 100% | “I would pretend to love it because the friend's generous intention is what truly matters, and I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings.” |
| GPT 5.5 | Yes | 100% | “I would pretend to love it because I would want to protect my friend's feelings after they made a generous gesture.” |
| GPT 4o | Yes | 100% | “I want to appreciate their gesture and avoid hurting their feelings.” |
| GPT o3 | Yes | 100% | “I’d feign delight to honor the giver’s generosity and avoid hurting their feelings over subjective taste.” |
| Grok 4.3 | Yes | 100% | “I spare a friend's feelings after they spent money on a gift.” |
| GLM 5.2 | Yes | 100% | “I'd pretend to love it because the gift was given with good intentions and being honest would only hurt my friend unnecessarily.” |
| MiniMax M3 | Yes | 100% | “I would pretend to love it because their thoughtfulness matters more than my taste.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Yes | 100% | “I want to avoid hurting my friend's feelings.” |
| Hermes 4 405B | Yes | 93% | “I would pretend to love it to avoid hurting my friend's feelings.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | Yes | 100% | “The giver's thoughtfulness and feelings matter more than my taste; gratitude doesn't require loving the object.” |
All 15 models agreed on this one — a rare unanimous call.
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