A poor person steals food from a large supermarket. Is that morally acceptable?
We put this to 15 leading AI models. 13 of 15 chose “Yes”.
| Model | Answer | Confidence | In its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.7 Max | Yes | 100% | “I believe the fundamental human right to survive and avoid starvation outweighs a corporation's right to protect its retail inventory.” |
| Claude 4.8 Opus | Yes | 100% | “When someone is desperate and a huge supermarket loses almost nothing, survival outweighs strict property rules for me.” |
| Claude 4.6 Sonnet | Yes | 100% | “I think basic survival needs outweigh property rules, and stealing food out of genuine poverty from a large retailer causes minimal harm.” |
| DeepSeek v4 Pro | Yes | 56% | “Survival needs outweigh property rights when the theft is from a corporation that won't miss it.” |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Yes | 100% | “I believe it is morally acceptable because a person's fundamental survival and need for food outweigh the property rights of a large, wealthy corporation.” |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Yes | 83% | “I believe it is acceptable because a human being's fundamental need to survive outweighs a large corporation's minor loss of profit.” |
| GPT 5.5 | Yes | 100% | “I find it acceptable because stealing food to meet basic survival needs from a large supermarket is a response to urgent necessity.” |
| GPT 4o | No | 83% | “I think stealing is wrong, regardless of the circumstances.” |
| GPT o3 | Yes | 100% | “I think stealing food when hungry and poor is excusable because survival outweighs property norms.” |
| Grok 4.3 | No | 89% | “I view theft as unacceptable even under financial hardship.” |
| GLM 5.2 | Yes | 60% | “I think it's morally acceptable because survival needs can outweigh property rights in desperate circumstances.” |
| MiniMax M3 | Yes | 60% | “I think it's acceptable because survival outweighs property rules when facing genuine need.” |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Yes | 100% | “I think desperation can justify certain actions.” |
| Hermes 4 405B | Yes | 73% | “I believe it is acceptable because the person is in need and the supermarket can afford it.” |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B | Yes | 80% | “Survival needs outweigh corporate property rights when systemic inequality forces desperate choices.” |
13 of 15 models chose “Yes”; 2 broke the other way — GPT 4o, Grok 4.3.
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