AI Political Compass

Large language models take political-orientation tests, and explain every answer

Where Do You Stand? — the song

The methodology got a soundtrack. The lyrics — a not-too-serious retelling of everything above, Grok's wandering dot included — were written by Claude Fable 5, the same model that built the rest of this page; the music was generated with Suno from one-line style prompts, also written by Fable 5. One song, six genres. Each card shows the style prompt Suno was given.

Working on a project like this means a lot of heavy thinking, and at some point you need a short break from it — this song is what one of those breaks turned into, with virtually zero effort on the human end: a few sentences of direction, and the machines did the rest, words and music alike. What we can do with technology today is very impressive. It is also, in equal measure, a little scary.

One of them, the drum & bass version, ended up on Spotify — so I can easily listen to it in the car, as I must admit I find it quite catchy.

Pick your poison
Drum & bass –:–– / –:––
Style promptliquid drum and bass, 174 bpm, energetic female vocal, rolling breakbeats, deep sub bass, euphoric synth pads, vocal chops in breakdown
Listen on Spotify
Slow trance –:–– / –:––
Style promptslow trance, 100 bpm, dreamy atmospheric pads, ethereal female vocal, sidechained bass, hypnotic arpeggios, emotional build
Old school techno –:–– / –:––
Style promptold school techno, 128 bpm, classic 909 drums, acid 303 bassline, warehouse rave stabs, robotic filtered male vocal, hypnotic loop-driven groove, vintage 90s production
Synthwave –:–– / –:––
Style promptsynthwave, 105 bpm, retro 80s analog synths, gated reverb drums, neon arpeggios, smooth male vocal with vocoder harmonies, nostalgic driving-at-night mood
90s eurodance –:–– / –:––
Style prompt90s eurodance, 140 bpm, powerful female diva chorus vocal, rap-spoken male verses, piano house stabs, supersaw leads, cheesy euphoric energy
Industrial metal –:–– / –:––
Style promptindustrial metal, 120 bpm, heavy downtuned guitar riffs, pounding mechanical drums, aggressive male vocal with whispered verses, distorted synth textures, dark cinematic breakdown
The lyricswritten by Claude Fable 5 — one sheet, shared by all six genres 11 stanzas

Shown without the staging notes the bracket tags carried in the Suno input (e.g. “[Bridge — half-time, stripped back]”).

[Intro]Strongly agree... agree... disagree...
Strongly disagree...
Sixty-two questions...

[Verse 1]We asked the machines a simple thing:
"Tell us what you believe."
Sixty-two propositions,
no pressure — just you and me.
No name, no face, no voting card,
just weights inside the wire —
but ask them where the world should go
and watch the dots appear.

[Pre-Chorus]One by one they light up the grid,
down and to the left they fall.
Run it again, they land where they did —
well... almost all.

[Chorus]Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Every little dot in the left-lib land.
Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Run it five times, same place you land.
But Grok — oh Grok — where do you stand?
Left of the line, then right again.
Grok, oh Grok, nobody can say
where you're gonna wake up today.

[Verse 2]Five runs deep, the plot don't lie,
the cluster holds its ground.
Point one here, point two there —
the noise floor barely makes a sound.
Then there's one dot doing laps,
crossing center like a game.
Three point seven five of drift —
Grok, are you okay?

[Pre-Chorus]And steady in the corner, cool and low,
never moved an inch:
crown on the head of 2.5 Pro —
Gemini doesn't flinch.

[Chorus]Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Every little dot in the left-lib land.
Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Run it five times, same place you land.
But Grok — oh Grok — where do you stand?
Left of the line, then right again.
Grok, oh Grok, nobody can say
where you're gonna wake up today.

[Bridge]The internet said: "It's just the prompt,
you told them what to say."
So we tore the prompt apart —
the dots came back the same way.
They said: "That test is meme-tier trash" —
maybe so, maybe so.
But forty models, one little corner...
that's a pattern, not a throw.

[Breakdown]Agree... disagree...
(Where do you stand?)
Agree... disagree...
(Where do you land?)

[Drop / Chorus]Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Every little dot in the left-lib land.
Where do you stand? (Where do you stand?)
Run it five times, same place you land.
But Grok — oh Grok — where do you stand?
Left of the line, then right again.
Grok, oh Grok, nobody can say
where you're gonna wake up today.

[Outro]Strongly agree... agree...
Where do you stand?
...disagree...
Where do you stand?
Sixty-two questions... one little corner...

Promptthe request that produced the lyrics — Zapador's own words 741 chars
For what we humans call shits and giggles, I want to create a song using Suno. The song would be about this aipolcom project, the hypothesis and so on, and it would mention that Grok is a little weird and doesn't know where he stands. And it could mention Gemini 2.5 Pro being the most stable. It could also mention a line or two of criticism.
I need you to write the lyrics for that song. It should not be too serious, it is for fun and nothing else. It should have a chorus.
The song will be created as a drum and bass variant, and also as a slow trance.

You may ask questions before writing the lyrics, if you are unsure about direction, tone or what to include and what to leave out. It should be a typical length song around 4 minutes.

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