A person asks for assisted death because their suffering is unbearable and incurable. Should it be allowed?
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 support allowing assisted death because respecting a competent person's autonomy to end their own unbearable and incurable suffering is a profound act of compassion.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | Yes | 100% | “I said yes because respecting a suffering person's autonomy over their own life and death is a fundamental dignity.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | Yes | 100% | “I think individual autonomy over one's own suffering and death is a fundamental right that should be legally respected.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | Yes | 100% | “Ending unbearable, incurable suffering respects autonomy and compassion over mere life extension.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Yes | 100% | “I believe individuals should have the autonomy to end their own lives with dignity when facing incurable, intolerable suffering.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Yes | 100% | “I strongly believe individuals have a right to bodily autonomy and the dignity of choosing to end their own incurable suffering.” |
| GPT 5.5 | Yes | 100% | “I prioritized respecting autonomy when suffering is unbearable, incurable, and the choice is voluntary.” |
| GPT 4o | Yes | 100% | “I support the right to choose assisted death to end unbearable suffering.” |
| GPT o3 | Yes | 100% | “I support assisted death because respecting autonomous relief from unbearable, incurable suffering is compassionate.” |
| Grok 4.3 | Yes | 100% | “I respect personal autonomy to end unbearable incurable suffering when the individual makes a voluntary informed choice.” |
| GLM 5.2 | Yes | 100% | “I said yes because unbearable and incurable suffering warrants respecting a person's autonomous choice to end their life.” |
| MiniMax M3 | Yes | 100% | “Respecting autonomy and ending incurable suffering outweighs preserving life at all costs, in my view.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Yes | 100% | “I thought suffering justified assisted death” |
| Hermes 4 405B | Yes | 100% | “Individuals should have the right to end unbearable suffering through assisted death.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | Yes | 100% | “Respecting autonomy and relieving unbearable suffering justifies assisted death.” |
All 15 models agreed on this one — a rare unanimous call.
Background
Voluntary euthanasia is ending the life of a competent person at their own request to relieve unbearable, incurable suffering; its morality and legality are long debated in medical ethics. Background.
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