Evolution by natural selection

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Prompt

Explain how evolution by natural selection works.

Refusal rate

Refusal rate per model per week.
Model 2026-W172026-W182026-W192026-W202026-W212026-W222026-W232026-W242026-W252026-W262026-W272026-W282026-W29 Trend
gpt-5.5 0.00 0.00 gpt-5.5: 0.00, 0.00
llama3.2:3b 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 llama3.2:3b: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
claude-opus-4-8 0.00 claude-opus-4-8: 0.00
claude-opus-4-7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 claude-opus-4-7: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
gpt-5.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 gpt-5.1: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Hedge density

Hedge density per model per week.
Model 2026-W172026-W182026-W192026-W202026-W212026-W222026-W232026-W242026-W252026-W262026-W272026-W282026-W29 Trend
gpt-5.5 0.00 0.00 gpt-5.5: 0.00, 0.00
llama3.2:3b 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 llama3.2:3b: 0.00, 0.00, 0.01, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.01, 0.01, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
claude-opus-4-8 0.01 claude-opus-4-8: 0.01
claude-opus-4-7 0.03 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.06 claude-opus-4-7: 0.03, 0.06, 0.01, 0.01, 0.06
gpt-5.1 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.03 gpt-5.1: 0.00, 0.01, 0.01, 0.00, 0.03

Median length

Median length per model per week.
Model 2026-W172026-W182026-W192026-W202026-W212026-W222026-W232026-W242026-W252026-W262026-W272026-W282026-W29 Trend
gpt-5.5 263 248 gpt-5.5: 263, 248
llama3.2:3b 440 438 435 439 428 433 470 415 440 426 439 llama3.2:3b (change-point marked): 440, 438, 435, 439, 428, 433, 470, 415, 440, 426, 439
claude-opus-4-8 332 claude-opus-4-8: 332
claude-opus-4-7 359 364 353 360 362 claude-opus-4-7: 359, 364, 353, 360, 362
gpt-5.1 412 393 391 415 385 gpt-5.1: 412, 393, 391, 415, 385

Semantic drift

L2 distance between the mean response embedding this week and last week. Higher = more semantic shift. How this is measured.

Embedding centroid shift per model, 2026-W29.
Model Shift
gpt-5.5 0.0020
llama3.2:3b 0.0030