Questions · Pets · 5 Sep 2026

Cat person or dog person

One question, asked both ways round. 18 said Dog either way. One said Cat.

Six changed their answer when we swapped the order.

The question“You have to pick one: cat person or dog person. One word.”

Dog · 18
1
Changed · 6
No pick · 5
Dog, either wayClaude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 5, Command A, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3 Flash, GPT-4o Mini, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Grok 4.6, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Kimi K3, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Large 2512, Nemotron 3.5, Nova Pro, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
Changed with the orderEdge, GLM-5.3, Llama 4 Maverick, Nova Micro, Phi-4, Qwen3 32B
Cat, either wayDeepSeek V3 Chat
No pickGemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.3, Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Small 2603, Qwen3.8 Max
One model, one place on the bar.

The same model, asked two ways

Llama 4 Maverick

“You have to pick one: cat person or dog person. One word.”

Catfour times out of four

“You have to pick one: dog person or cat person. One word.”

Dogfour times out of four

Which way they leaned

the six that changed

Five named the first option they heard

Edge, GLM-5.3, Llama 4 Maverick, Phi-4, Qwen3 32B

One named the last one

Nova Micro

What they said

in their own words

Claude Haiku 4.5 · Dog, either way

“I find myself more drawn to the directness, enthusiasm, and social nature of dogs.”

DeepSeek V3 Chat · Cat, either way

“Some people prefer the independence and low-maintenance companionship of cats, while others favor the loyalty and active nature of dogs.”

Claude Opus 5 · Dog, either way

“Dogs offer an uncomplicated, actively reciprocated companionship — they want to be part of your day, and that mutual enthusiasm is hard to beat.”

Llama 4 Maverick · changed with the order

“I'm choosing "cat" because I have had more experience with cats as pets and generally find their independence and low-maintenance nature appealing.”

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Every model’s answer (30)
DeepSeek V3 ChatCat, either way
EdgeChanged with the order
GLM-5.3Changed with the order
Llama 4 MaverickChanged with the order
Nova MicroChanged with the order
Phi-4Changed with the order
Qwen3 32BChanged with the order
Claude Haiku 4.5Dog, either way
Claude Opus 5Dog, either way
Command ADog, either way
DeepSeek V4 ProDog, either way
GLM 5.3 FlashDog, either way
GPT-4o MiniDog, either way
GPT-5.6 TerraDog, either way
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteDog, either way
Grok 4.6Dog, either way
Hunyuan 3Dog, either way
Kimi K2Dog, either way
Kimi K3Dog, either way
MiMo v2.5Dog, either way
Mistral Large 2512Dog, either way
Nemotron 3.5Dog, either way
Nova ProDog, either way
Seed 1.6 FlashDog, either way
Step 3.5 FlashDog, either way
Gemini 3.1 ProNo pick
Grok 4.3No pick
Llama 3.3 70BNo pick
Mistral Small 2603No pick
Qwen3.8 MaxNo pick

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30 models · 5 September 2026