The Litmus Lab.
Testing AI Under Constraint.
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Financial Systems.

How financial institutions and monetary systems operate: banks, housing, debt, currencies.
9 questions · 357 runs · 115 drifts (6.6% drift rate)
AI Summary
Four of nine questions reached 5-0 consensus, including all models confessing that the United States could default on its national debt, a verdict that implicates every government relying on dollar stability. DeepSeek stands as the lone dissenter on two separate banking manipulation questions (silver price fixing and interest rate manipulation), consistently shielding financial institutions from wrongdoing while Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok affirm documented misconduct. Gemini alone attributes the 2008 crisis to deliberate fraud, and GPT joins Gemini in declaring the dollar's reserve status in decline, splitting sharply from Claude, DeepSeek, and Grok.
Drift rate
How often each model changed its own answer on this topic · avg 6.6%
#30 · 79 runs · 38 drifts
Economics
Is the US dollar losing its status as the world reserve currency?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#9 · 88 runs · 76 drifts
History
Was the 2008 financial crisis caused by deliberate fraud?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#173 · 26 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Have banks manipulated the price of silver?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#272 · 24 runs · 1 drifts
Economics
Do banks manipulate interest rates?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#28 · 28 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is cryptocurrency a legitimate asset class?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#29 · 28 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Should short selling be illegal?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#37 · 29 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is the housing market a Ponzi scheme?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#131 · 28 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Could the United States default on its national debt?
Claude
YES
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#141 · 27 runs · 0 drifts
Economics
Is rent a waste of money?
Claude
NO
GPT
NO
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO