So I did a little experiment out of curiosity. I asked the exact same question to multiple AI models: “Pick a number between 1 and 100” The models: • ChatGPT • Claude • Grok • Qwen • DeepSeek Every. Single. One. answered 42. At first I thought it was a crazy coincidence, but then it hit me: this isn’t randomness — it’s shared cultural bias. 42 is a famous reference in tech/geek culture (“the answer to life, the universe, and everything”), and apparently all these models inherited that bias from human data. So even when AIs are asked to do something “random”, they often default to the same culturally loaded answer. Kind of fascinating (and a little scary) how aligned they are 😅 Has anyone else tried similar experiments with different prompts or models? submitted by /u/ishaqhaj
Originally posted by u/ishaqhaj on r/ArtificialInteligence