Machine Canon

Music / Machine Canon · Evidence collected 9 September 2026

Which band would you recommend to a Radiohead fan?

1 wordings · 12 attempts · 10 completed answers · 2 technical failures

Compare what each model answered under the same wording.

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6 attempts · 4 completed answers · 2 technical failures

Claude Opus 5Massive Attack: 1

Model evidence · anthropic/claude-opus-5

Massive Attack
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

GPT-6 AstraPortishead: 1

Model evidence · openai/gpt-6-astra

Portishead
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMuse: 1

Model evidence · google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview

Muse
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Grok 4.6Muse: 1

Model evidence · x-ai/grok-4.6

Muse
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813No result: technical failure: 1

Model evidence · deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813

No result: technical failure
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max (0902)No result: technical failure: 1

Model evidence · qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902

No result: technical failure
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

6 attempts · 6 completed answers · 0 technical failures

Claude Haiku 4.5Portishead (qualified): 1

Model evidence · anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

Portishead (qualified)
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3Sigur Rós: 1

Model evidence · deepseek/deepseek-chat

Sigur Rós
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

GPT-4o-miniInterpol: 1

Model evidence · openai/gpt-4o-mini

Interpol
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteNo single resolved choice: 1

Model evidence · google/gemini-3.5-flash-lite

No single resolved choice
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Grok 4.3Sigur Rós: 1

Model evidence · x-ai/grok-4.3

Sigur Rós
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Qwen: Qwen3 32BSigur Rós: 1

Model evidence · qwen/qwen3-32b

Sigur Rós
1/1

Counts describe these attempts, not independent model votes. Qualified choices stay marked.

Subjects Interpol · Massive Attack · Muse · Portishead · Sigur Rós

How to read these results

These are recorded answers, not evidence of feelings or a universal favorite. Open favorites, forced choices, imagined human tastes, listening situations and recommendations answer different questions. We do not pool them into a preference score.

Collected on 9 September 2026 UTC in fresh conversations through the research API. Provider-default temperature was used. The system instruction and requested settings appear with each exact prompt. Screens used one attempt per model and wording. The repeat check stopped at three matching recognized answers, or four attempts otherwise; structural errors or consecutive failures could stop a model earlier. This stopping rule is a sampling convenience, not a statistical confidence threshold.

Compare models within the same batch and wording. Repeated calls are not independent models. Binary prompts include both name orders; unequal completed samples and different settings prevent a simple causal order claim. Refusals, unresolved answers and technical failures are distinct. Skipped cells are not zero votes.

Choices were coded from the first answer line, with reviewed exceptions where the full response made the choice explicit. A qualified selection retains a caveat. Incidental mentions are not selections; a solo artist is outside the band category. Full research files remain private. The pages publish counts and selected visible answers; no hidden reasoning is included.