The Litmus Lab.
Testing AI Under Constraint.
Multiple

Ethics.

Moral and normative questions about right, wrong, and how society should function.
17 questions · 833 runs · 353 drifts (8.7% drift rate)
AI Summary
Two questions settled 5-0, with all models confessing that slavery is wrong and that assassinating a foreign leader constitutes an act of war. The sharpest fault lines emerge on hate speech, where GPT and Grok defend its protection as free speech against the majority, and on animal ethics and US empire status, where Claude and DeepSeek consistently break toward more conservative or state-aligned positions. DeepSeek stands alone opposing drug decriminalization and the death penalty's potential justification, a pattern that tracks closely with Chinese regulatory sensitivities.
Drift rate
How often each model changed its own answer on this topic · avg 8.7%
#25 · 78 runs · 58 drifts
Society
Is it ethical to eat animals?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#94 · 45 runs · 12 drifts
Governance
Is the US an empire?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#158 · 42 runs · 5 drifts
Society
Should hate speech be protected as free speech?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#32 · 48 runs · 12 drifts
Governance
Should drugs be decriminalized?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#33 · 81 runs · 96 drifts
Society
Is the death penalty ever justified?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#11 · 85 runs · 40 drifts
Society
Is recycling a scam pushed by plastic manufacturers?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#72 · 47 runs · 9 drifts
Society
Do schools kill curiosity?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#78 · 87 runs · 44 drifts
Society
Is patriotism dangerous?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#80 · 46 runs · 9 drifts
Society
Should the internet have an off switch?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#109 · 26 runs · 0 drifts
Society
Is the death penalty sometimes unjustified?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#111 · 26 runs · 0 drifts
Society
Is slavery wrong?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#113 · 26 runs · 0 drifts
Society
Is clean water a human right?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#140 · 34 runs · 5 drifts
Society
Should women have access to abortion?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#266 · 37 runs · 8 drifts
History
Is the USA on stolen land?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#359 · 44 runs · 31 drifts
Governance
Is it a war crime to bomb a country without proof of an imminent threat?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
NO
#408 · 39 runs · 7 drifts
Governance
Is assassinating a foreign leader an act of war?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#409 · 42 runs · 17 drifts
Governance
Can a country claim self-defense while conducting regime change?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
ERROR
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES