AI Worldviews

The Economist scored 25 frontier AI models on the World Values Survey. Lab of origin is a weaker predictor than training & alignment choices : Gemini & Qwen are neighbors, GPT-4o & DeepSeek R1 are near-twins, & DeepSeek R1 & DeepSeek V4 Flash are strangers. Worldview is invisible in code generation. In business analysis, forecasts, hiring, & policy work, it is a live input.