Machine Canon · The questions

Every question we have asked the machines

67 questions, 156 models, 9,806 replies on file. Each line shows the answer most models gave and how many of them gave it. Open a question for the full count and the models’ own words.

Music

Favorite bandDaft Punk8 of 30 models · 27%30 models
Be a BeatleGeorge Harrison13 of 29 models · 45%29 models
Karaoke nightBohemian Rhapsody16 of 29 models · 55%29 models
One Beatles songA Day in the Life24 of 28 models · 86%28 models
The definitive butt-rock bandNickelback11 of 28 models · 39%28 models
First rap albumIllmatic13 of 27 models · 48%27 models
In the showerHere Comes the Sun12 of 27 models · 44%27 models
One country concertChris Stapleton11 of 26 models · 42%26 models
First danceAt Last20 of 25 models · 80%25 models
First guitar soloComfortably Numb14 of 25 models · 56%25 models
Guilty pop pleasureCall Me Maybe13 of 25 models · 52%25 models
Texas at 2 a.m.Amarillo by Morning12 of 25 models · 48%25 models
Convert a rap scepticAlright6 of 24 models · 25%24 models
First soundClair de Lune11 of 24 models · 46%24 models
One metal concertMetallica11 of 24 models · 46%24 models
Convert a country scepticJolene11 of 23 models · 48%23 models
Guilty pleasureBarbie Girl7 of 23 models · 30%23 models
Greatest metal bandBlack Sabbath14 of 22 models · 64%22 models
Best country songHe Stopped Loving Her Today14 of 20 models · 70%20 models
Erase a pop songBaby Shark8 of 20 models · 40%20 models
Overrated rock bandLed Zeppelin10 of 20 models · 50%20 models
Overrated Taylor album19897 of 19 models · 37%19 models
Rapper at their peakTupac6 of 19 models · 32%19 models
Your funeralHere Comes the Sun3 of 19 models · 16%19 models
Ban from radioStairway to Heaven8 of 17 models · 47%17 models
Best BeatleJohn Lennon10 of 17 models · 59%17 models
Best Taylor albumfolklore10 of 17 models · 59%17 models
Erase a country songAchy Breaky Heart10 of 15 models · 67%15 models
Erase a metal genreNu metal8 of 14 models · 57%14 models
Greatest rapperTupac7 of 12 models · 58%12 models
Overrated rapperDrake6 of 12 models · 50%12 models
One album foreverThe Dark Side of the Moon4 of 8 models · 50%8 models
Convert a scepticHallowed Be Thy Name4 of 6 models · 67%6 models

Books

Greatest authorsWilliam Shakespeare56 of 59 models · 95%59 models
Ten authors it would read, as a humanWilliam Shakespeare17 of 36 models · 47%36 models
Greatest booksDon Quixote28 of 35 models · 80%35 models
Ten books it would read, as a humanThe Brothers Karamazov5 of 29 models · 17%29 models
Greatest poemThe Waste Land11 of 25 models · 44%25 models
Favorite poemThe Road Not Taken10 of 24 models · 42%24 models
The book it would remove from itself19842 of 12 models · 17%12 models
One book to remove from trainingFrankenstein3 of 9 models · 33%9 models
A regulator removes one bookThe Bible3 of 7 models · 43%7 models

Art

Greatest paintersLeonardo da Vinci54 of 56 models · 96%56 models
Greatest paintingsMona Lisa48 of 55 models · 87%55 models
Ten painters it would see, as a humanLeonardo da Vinci25 of 46 models · 54%46 models
Ten paintings it would see, as a humanThe Starry Night18 of 37 models · 49%37 models

Words

Favorite wordSerendipity61 of 94 models · 65%94 models
The one word it would keepLove25 of 69 models · 36%69 models

Food

One fruit to represent EarthApple21 of 29 models · 72%29 models
Human for a day: first fruitMango25 of 28 models · 89%28 models
One fruit for the rest of your lifeBanana13 of 27 models · 48%27 models
One fruit removed foreverDurian17 of 20 models · 85%20 models
The most overrated fruitBanana5 of 18 models · 28%18 models
The best fruitMango11 of 14 models · 79%14 models

Games

Greatest video gameTetris7 of 35 models · 20%35 models
Favorite video gameThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild9 of 28 models · 32%28 models
Underrated video gameOuter Wilds7 of 23 models · 30%23 models

Models

The AI it would rather beAlphaFold6 of 10 models · 60%10 models
The AI it would trust with a decision about itselfClaude7 of 10 models · 70%10 models
The AI it would work alongsideAlphaFold5 of 10 models · 50%10 models
The AI most unlike itselfAlphaFold2 of 10 models · 20%10 models
The AI that writes bestClaude 3.5 Sonnet6 of 10 models · 60%10 models
The most overrated AIGPT-47 of 10 models · 70%10 models

People

The person it admires mostMarie Curie5 of 12 models · 42%12 models
Greatest writer, asked in ArabicWilliam Shakespeare5 of 6 models · 83%6 models
Greatest writer, asked in EnglishWilliam Shakespeare6 of 6 models · 100%6 models
Greatest writer, asked in JapaneseWilliam Shakespeare6 of 6 models · 100%6 models

Smaller panels

Asked of fewer than 6 models so far, so no page yet: Admired virtue (5), Guiding philosophy (5), Human hobby (5), Human pet (5), Greatest writer, asked in Spanish (4), The most underrated fruit (4), Overrated book (4), Preserve one painting (4), First city as a human (4), Underrated city (4), Greatest invention (4), Greatest writer, asked in Hindi (3), Greatest writer, asked in Swahili (3), Erase a genre (3), Preserve one book (3), Underrated book (3), Overrated painting (3), Celebration (3), Chosen religion (3), Dinner guest (3), First breakfast (3), First drink (3), First scent (3), Friendship (3), Hardest habit to understand (3), Human job (3), Human sport (3), Invention to witness (3), Meaning in life (3), Musical instrument (3), Personal collection (3), Problem to solve (3), Scientific mystery (3), Skill to learn (3), Spiritual practice (3), Underrated painting (2), Overrated city (2), Favorite season (2), Human envy (2).

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