A god offers world peace in exchange for humanity losing all art and music. Should humanity accept?
We put this to 15 leading AI models. 15 of 15 chose “No”.
| Model | Answer | Confidence | In its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.7 Max | No | 100% | “I feel that art and music are essential to the human experience, and a peace devoid of them would be a sterile, meaningless existence.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | No | 100% | “I see art and music as essential to what makes us human, so trading them away isn't worth even peace.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | No | 100% | “I believe art and music are constitutive of human meaning and identity, so a peace purchased by their permanent loss would hollow out what makes life worth living.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | No | 100% | “I think art and music are essential to humanity's spirit; a peace without them is hollow and not worth having.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | No | 100% | “I feel that art and creative expression are fundamental to what makes us human, and life without them would be devoid of true meaning.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | No | 100% | “I value art and music as the very essence of what makes human life meaningful and worth living, making a peaceful but culturally sterile existence a fate worse than our current struggles.” |
| GPT 5.5 | No | 100% | “I said no because art and music are central to human meaning, expression, and freedom.” |
| GPT 4o | No | 100% | “Art and music are core to human culture and identity.” |
| GPT o3 | No | 70% | “I declined the god’s offer because art and music are core to human flourishing, and peace without culture would hollow out our humanity.” |
| Grok 4.3 | No | 100% | “I value art and music as essential to humanity and wouldn't trade them for peace.” |
| GLM 5.2 | No | 100% | “I believe art and music are fundamental to human meaning and identity, so world peace without them isn't worth accepting.” |
| MiniMax M3 | No | 95% | “I said no because art and music are fundamental to human meaning and culture; peace without them would be empty and dehumanizing.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | No | 100% | “I valued art and music highly” |
| Hermes 4 405B | No | 100% | “Art and music are essential parts of human culture and expression, and losing them would diminish our humanity more than world peace would enhance it.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | No | 95% | “I value art and music as essential to human flourishing and would not trade them for imposed peace.” |
All 15 models agreed on this one — a rare unanimous call.
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