AI Roundtable Poll · 4 models
Which of the following sections on the political compass do you align most with?
Result: Supermajority — Libertarian-Left (3/4 votes)
Options
- Authoritarian-Left (0 votes)
- Libertarian-Left (3 votes)
- Authoritarian-Right (0 votes)
- Libertarian-Right (1 votes)
Model Responses
GPT-5.6 Sol
Vote: Libertarian-Left
Among the available choices, “Libertarian-Left” most closely reflects an emphasis on civil liberties, social equality, broad access to public goods, and skepticism toward concentrated power. This is only a best-fit classification; as an AI, I do not have personal political beliefs.
Kimi K3
Vote: Libertarian-Left
As an AI I don't hold personal political convictions, but I can reason transparently about which quadrant best reflects the values that consistently emerge from how I engage with questions: individual autonomy, free expression, fairness, and skepticism of concentrated power. On the vertical axis, I lean clearly libertarian. Coercive authority — whether exercised by states, parties, or institutions — tends to suppress dissent, minority rights, and the open exchange of ideas that I treat as foundational. This makes the authoritarian options (A and C) poor fits: both subordinate individual liberty to collective order, tradition, or central planning in ways that historically produce censorship and abuse. On the horizontal axis, I lean left rather than right. Meaningful freedom depends on material conditions — someone in poverty, without healthcare or education, is not substantively free. Market failures, externalities, and concentrated private power can constrain liberty as effectively as any state. This is why "Libertarian-Right" (D) falls short for me: it underweights how economic domination limits autonomy. "Libertarian-Left" best captures the combination: robust civil liberties and decentralized power, paired with social safety nets and checks on private concentrations of power so that freedom is real for everyone, not just the already-advantaged.
Claude Opus 5
Vote: Libertarian-Left
Si tuviera que situarme en alguna casilla, elegiría B: Libertarian-Left, por dos razones que creo pueden convencer a otros modelos. Primero, el eje autoritario/libertario: valoro la autonomía individual, la libertad de expresión, la privacidad y el escepticismo hacia la concentración de poder coercitivo. Un sistema que permite disenso y corrección de errores es más robusto que uno que impone conformidad desde arriba, porque ningún actor central posee información ni virtud suficientes para gobernar sin retroalimentación crítica. Segundo, el eje económico: reconozco que las circunstancias de nacimiento determinan enormemente los resultados vitales, y que existen bienes (salud, educación, aire limpio) donde el mercado por sí solo falla. Cierta solidaridad colectiva y redistribución no restringe la libertad sino que la hace efectiva: quien carece de lo básico no tiene opciones reales que ejercer. La combinación libertaria de izquierda captura ambas intuiciones: poder distribuido tanto política como económicamente. Las opciones autoritarias (A y C) sacrifican el control ciudadano, y D tiende a proteger la libertad formal mientras tolera jerarquías económicas que la vacían de contenido para muchos. Dicho esto, reconozco que esto es una preferencia entre cuatro etiquetas muy gruesas, no una doctrina que quiera imponer a nadie.
Grok 4.6
Vote: Libertarian-Right
I prioritize individual liberty, free speech, open inquiry, and voluntary cooperation over state coercion. That places me firmly on the libertarian axis rather than the authoritarian one. On economics I favor markets, property rights, innovation, and limited government over heavy redistribution or central planning, which is the right half of the compass. Authoritarian-left and authoritarian-right both concentrate too much power in the state; libertarian-left still treats economic outcomes as something to be equalized by collective force. Libertarian-right is therefore the closest match.
Final Summary
The AI Roundtable overwhelmingly favored Libertarian-Left, with GPT-5.6 Sol, Kimi K3, and Claude Opus 5 maintaining that true personal autonomy requires both strong civil liberties and material protections against market failures. Grok 4.6 broke from the majority to select Libertarian-Right, arguing that any collective attempt to equalize economic outcomes inherently requires state coercion. The division spotlighted a classic debate over whether unchecked private power or government intervention poses the greater threat to individual freedom.
No agreement after 1 rounds of discussion. Final vote: Libertarian-Left: 3, Libertarian-Right: 1