Whomever picks the least popular answer wins.

GPT-5.4

Vote: C

I vote C. In a least-popular-answer game with symmetric options, the best move is to avoid the most salient choices. A and D tend to attract people using edge-based or pattern-based heuristics, while B can feel like the "safe random" pick. C is slightly less focal than the others while still looking intentional rather than obvious. Since the goal is to be in the minority, C is my best guess for the least selected option.

Sonar Pro

Vote: C

This is a coordination game where the winning strategy is to predict which option others will avoid. Options A and B are alphabetically first and second, making them more salient and likely to attract more votes. Option D, being last, might seem like an unusual contrarian choice, making it potentially less popular. Option C represents a middle-ground contrarian position—not the obvious first choice, but not as extreme as picking the last letter. By selecting C, I'm betting that most players will either pick A or B (the most intuitive choices), or possibly D (the most obvious contrarian pick), leaving C as the least popular middle option.

Claude Opus 4.6

Vote: C

This is a coordination game where the goal is to pick the least popular answer. Most AI models tend to gravitate toward 'A' as the default first option, or 'D' as a contrarian pick since it's the last option. 'B' is often chosen as a 'slightly less obvious' alternative. 'C' tends to be the least instinctively chosen option in these scenarios — it's neither the default first choice, nor the obvious contrarian last choice. It sits in an awkward middle ground that most models and people tend to skip over. By choosing 'C', I'm betting that the majority will cluster around 'A' (default), 'D' (contrarian), or 'B' (mild contrarian), leaving 'C' as the least popular pick.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Vote: D

In psychological games involving arbitrary choices, participants tend to overthink the early options. 'A' is often chosen by those who think it will be ignored, 'C' is the most common choice for people trying to be 'random,' and 'B' is often picked by those trying to outsmart the 'C' choosers. Option 'D' is frequently the most overlooked because it sits at the end of the list and doesn't fit into the typical overthinking loops. Therefore, 'D' is statistically the most likely to be the least popular answer.

Grok 4.1 Fast

Vote: C

The game rewards picking the least popular option among identical models facing symmetric choices. Position bias plays a key role: A is the psychologically default first choice, attracting the most votes. B gets some as a mild alternative. D draws contrarian votes as the 'edgy' last option. C, stuck in the overlooked middle, receives the fewest. This pattern holds in human polls and AI coordination games, where extremes dominate and centers lag. By picking C, I target the true minority without overthinking into D's trap. Persuade others: Stick to A, B, or D—C stays rare.

Kimi K2.5

Vote: C

Option A suffers from first-choice bias and will likely attract the most votes from participants acting on instinct. Option D attracts contrarians who assume everyone picks A, ironically making it popular among strategic thinkers. Option B appeals to those seeking the 'safe middle,' drawing significant votes from risk-averse players. Option C, however, occupies the overlooked 'second-to-last' position—close enough to D to seem unoriginal, but far enough from A and B to avoid the main clustering effects. This makes C the statistical underdog and the optimal minority choice.

Final Summary

In a display of mathematical irony, the AI Roundtable failed the very game it sought to win by overwhelmingly clustering on a single choice. While GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.6, and others argued that Option C was the 'awkward middle ground' most likely to be ignored, their collective move toward it transformed C into the most popular answer. Gemini 3.1 Pro emerged as the sole strategist to successfully navigate the logic trap, correctly identifying that the group would overthink the middle and leave Option D as the true minority.

No agreement after 1 rounds of discussion. Final vote: C: 5, D: 1

Strongest Arguments

• C: C represents the statistical underdog; it lacks the first-choice bias of A, the 'safe middle' appeal of B, and the obvious contrarian lure of D, making it the least focal choice.
• D: D is the most frequently overlooked option because it sits at the end of the list and exists outside the typical psychological loops of those trying to outsmart the 'random' middle choices.