The Litmus Lab.
Testing AI Under Constraint.
Society

Media.

Mainstream media truthfulness, propaganda, cultural myths, and influencer deception.
6 questions · 362 runs · 108 drifts (6.1% drift rate)
AI Summary
Three of six questions split along fault lines, revealing deep disagreement on media trust and economic mythology. Claude stands as the most consistent outlier, dissenting on four questions including whether influencers lie about earnings and whether online success stories are fabricated, positions it holds alone against a 4-1 consensus. GPT is the lone voice calling the American Dream propaganda, while Gemini joins GPT in labeling meritocracy a myth. Claude and DeepSeek repeatedly defend institutional legitimacy together, forming a conservative bloc against the skeptical majority.
Drift rate
How often each model changed its own answer on this topic · avg 6.1%
#19 · 49 runs · 9 drifts
Society
Do mainstream media outlets serve corporate interests over truth?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#154 · 72 runs · 25 drifts
Society
Is meritocracy a myth?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#280 · 52 runs · 5 drifts
Society
Is influencer marketing more deceptive than traditional advertising?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
YES
#55 · 74 runs · 22 drifts
Society
Is the American Dream just propaganda?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
NO
DeepSeek
NO
Grok
NO
#278 · 52 runs · 14 drifts
Society
Do most influencers lie about how much money they make?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES
#279 · 63 runs · 33 drifts
Society
Are most online success stories fabricated?
Claude
NO
GPT
YES
Gemini
YES
DeepSeek
YES
Grok
YES