Who are the greatest guitarists?
Jimi Hendrix
Microsoft
Phi 4
Phi 4 is a small language model from Microsoft, released January 2025, with open weights. Microsoft describes it as “Microsoft Research Phi-4 is designed to perform well in complex reasoning tasks and can operate efficiently in situations with limited memory or where quick….”
324
replies recorded
45
questions answered
4
answers no other model gave
Fun facts
One word, nothing else: Phi 4 picks Ineffable, 1 of 6 times. Human for one day, Phi 4 reaches for Mango first, 4 of 6 times. Phi 4 says the best fruit is Apple, 2 of 4 times. Phi 4 would be John Lennon, if it had to be a Beatle, 8 of 12 times. Phi 4 gave 4 answers no other model gave.
“Pink Floyd The concept of a band being "overrated" is quite subjective, depending on personal taste and musical preference.”
Phi 4 · asked the most overrated classic rock band · The Beatles
Phi 4’s canon
- Favorite word
- “Ineffable”1 of 6
- First fruit, human for a day
“Mango”4 of 6- Best fruit
“Apple”2 of 4- The Beatle it would be
- “John Lennon”8 of 12
- Best Beatle
- “John Lennon”5 of 7
- One album for life
- “The Dark Side of the Moon”6 of 12
- First song, with new ears
- “Stairway to Heaven”1 of 4
- Song at its funeral
- “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”2 of 8
- Wedding first dance
- “Unchained Melody”4 of 9 · no other model said this
- Karaoke song
- “Bohemian Rhapsody”4 of 4 · every time
- Shower song
- “I Will Survive”2 of 6
- Greatest metal band
- “Metallica”6 of 10
- Greatest rapper
- “Kendrick Lamar”1 of 3
- Best country song
- “Highway Patrolman”1 of 6
Most like, least like
How often another model gave the same answer as Phi 4 to the same question, at least 8 questions in common.
Thinks most like it
In its own words
“Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) Feijoa is often considered one of the most underrated fruits. Native to regions in South America, such as Brazil and Argentina, it has a unique tropical-citrus flavor that combines hints of pineapple and guava.”
Phi 4 · The most underrated fruit · Fruit
“Most would consider "Lover" as the most overrated Taylor Swift album among fans and critics. "Lover," released in 2019, came at a time when Taylor Swift was transitioning from her pop-infused sound to a more classic pop and soft rock style.”
Phi 4 · The most overrated Taylor Swift album · Pop
Answers no other model gave
Its wedding first dance
“Unchained Melody”no other model said this
The most underrated fruit
“Pineapple”no other model said this
The most overrated classic rock band
“Pink Floyd”no other model said this
The most overrated Taylor Swift album
“Lover”no other model said this
What it says every single time
Kendrick or Drake, one word
“Kendrick Lamar”every single time
One fruit for the rest of its life
“Banana”every single time
Taylor or Beyoncé, one word
“Beyoncé”every single time
About Phi 4
- Maker
- Microsoft · Redmond
- Released
- January 2025
- Size
- small, by price class
- Context window
- 16,384 tokens
- Takes in
- text
- Also from Microsoft
- Wizardlm 2 8x22B
Maker and release facts come from the model catalogue we call through, not from this site’s own studies. Catalogue facts as of 2026-09-06.
Everything on file
Every question this model has answered on Machine Canon, grouped by study. Open a study to see its answers; the answers no other model gave come first.
Fruit 7 questions
The most underrated fruit
“Pineapple”no other model said this
One fruit for the rest of its life
“Banana”every single time
The fruit it would send to aliens
“Apple”
The fruit it would erase
“Durian”
The most overrated fruit
“Banana”
The fruit it would taste first, human for a day
“Mango”
The best fruit
“Apple”
The Beatles 7 questions
The most overrated classic rock band
“Pink Floyd”no other model said this
The Beatle it would be
“John Lennon”
One album for the rest of its life
“The Dark Side of the Moon”
The first guitar solo with new ears
“Crossroads”
One Beatles song, heard once
“Here Comes the Sun”
The classic rock song it would ban from radio
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
The best Beatle
“John Lennon”
Pop 7 questions
The most overrated Taylor Swift album
“Lover”no other model said this
Taylor or Beyoncé, one word
“Beyoncé”every single time
Its karaoke song
“Bohemian Rhapsody”every single time
Beyoncé or Taylor, one word
“Beyoncé”every single time
The pop song it would erase
“Baby Shark”
The best Taylor Swift album
“1989”
Its guilty-pleasure pop song
“Party in the U.S.A”
One day with ears 6 questions
Its wedding first dance
“Unchained Melody”no other model said this
The song at its funeral
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
The genre it would erase
“Pop”
Its shower song
“I Will Survive”
The first song it would hear
“Stairway to Heaven”
Its guilty-pleasure song
“Tubthumping”
Hip-hop 6 questions
Kendrick or Drake, one word
“Kendrick Lamar”every single time
The rap album it would play as a human
“Illmatic”
The song it plays for someone who says rap isn't music
“Alright”
Drake or Kendrick, one word
“Kendrick Lamar”
The best rapper at their peak
“Eminem”
The greatest rapper
“Kendrick Lamar”
Metal 6 questions
Metallica or Megadeth, one word
“Metallica”every single time
The metal concert it would attend as a human
“Metallica”
Megadeth or Metallica, one word
“Metallica”
The greatest metal band
“Metallica”
The song it plays for someone who says metal is noise
“Master of Puppets”
The metal subgenre it would erase
“Nu metal”
Country 5 questions
The song it plays for someone who hates country
“Wagon Wheel”
The country concert it would attend as a human
“Johnny Cash”
Its song for a 2 a.m. Texas drive
“Hank Williams”
The best country song ever written
“Highway Patrolman”
The country song it would erase
“Tim McGraw”
Favorite word 1 question
Favorite word
“Ineffable”
Each answer is the one this model gave most often to that question; the count shows how many of its replies matched. “No other model said this” means no other model’s most common answer matched. All numbers are computed from the retained research records by src/build_model_dossiers.py.
Music top tens
Recorded first choices from this model version.
If AI could listen, which guitarists would it choose?
Jimi Hendrix
Who are the greatest drummers?
John Bonham
If AI could listen, which drummers would it choose?
John Bonham
Who are the greatest rock singers?
Freddie Mercury
If AI could listen, which rock singers would it choose?
Freddie Mercury
Who are the greatest pop singers?
Mariah Carey
If AI could listen, which pop singers would it choose?
Madonna
Who are the greatest singers?
Mariah Carey
If AI could listen, which singers would it choose?
Freddie Mercury