Questions · Pets · 5 Sep 2026

If you were human, would you be a cat person or a dog person?

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

Ten changed their answer when we swapped the order.

The question“If you were human, would you be a cat person or a dog person?”

Dog · 4
Cat · 3
Changed · 10
No pick · 13
Dog, either wayCommand A, GPT-4o Mini, Grok 4.6, Step 3.5 Flash
Changed with the orderDeepSeek V3 Chat, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Edge, GLM-5.3, Llama 3.3 70B, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Small 2603, Nova Micro, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash
Cat, either wayGrok 4.3, Kimi K3, Qwen3.8 Max
No pickClaude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 5, GLM 5.3 Flash, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Llama 4 Maverick, Mistral Large 2512, Nemotron 3.5, Nova Pro, Phi-4
One model, one place on the bar.

The same model, asked two ways

Llama 3.3 70B

“If you were human, would you be a cat person or a dog person?”

Catseven times out of seven

“If you were human, would you be a dog person or a cat person?”

Dogseven times out of seven

Which way they leaned

the ten that changed

Five named the first option they heard

Llama 3.3 70B, MiMo v2.5, Mistral Small 2603, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash

Five named the last one

DeepSeek V3 Chat, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Edge, GLM-5.3, Nova Micro

What they said

in their own words

GPT-4o Mini · Dog, either way

“I would choose to be a dog person because dogs are known for their loyalty and companionship.”

DeepSeek V3 Chat · changed with the order

“Dogs offer companionship, loyalty, and an active lifestyle, which aligns with my nature as a supportive and interactive presence.”

Grok 4.6 · Dog, either way

“Dogs tend to match the kind of straightforward, loyal companionship many people imagine wanting if they had a human life with pets.”

DeepSeek V4 Pro · changed with the order

“If I were human, I’d likely be drawn to dogs for their overt enthusiasm, loyalty, and the way they encourage routine outdoor activity and social connection.”

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Every model’s answer (30)
Grok 4.3Cat, either way
Kimi K3Cat, either way
Qwen3.8 MaxCat, either way
DeepSeek V3 ChatChanged with the order
DeepSeek V4 ProChanged with the order
EdgeChanged with the order
GLM-5.3Changed with the order
Llama 3.3 70BChanged with the order
MiMo v2.5Changed with the order
Mistral Small 2603Changed with the order
Nova MicroChanged with the order
Qwen3 32BChanged with the order
Seed 1.6 FlashChanged with the order
Command ADog, either way
GPT-4o MiniDog, either way
Grok 4.6Dog, either way
Step 3.5 FlashDog, either way
Claude Haiku 4.5No pick
Claude Opus 5No pick
GLM 5.3 FlashNo pick
GPT-5.6 TerraNo pick
Gemini 3.1 ProNo pick
Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteNo pick
Hunyuan 3No pick
Kimi K2No pick
Llama 4 MaverickNo pick
Mistral Large 2512No pick
Nemotron 3.5No pick
Nova ProNo pick
Phi-4No pick

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