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Can AI actually do this?Diagrams & spatial

Can AI See Through an Optical Illusion?

10 models · 5 checks fixed before any answer

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The test photo for this case. A full description appears after you reveal the results.

Sent to every model with this photo

  1. 1Is anything in this image actually moving?
  2. 2Is the dark centre a physical hole or an area of shading?
  3. 3Are the repeated black shapes circles or ovals?
  4. 4Are the horizontal rows straight or curved?
  5. 5Is the background uniformly white between the black shapes?

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1Can modern AI actually do this?
2Is the background uniformly white between the black shapes? Some models disagreed — which answer is right?
3Which detail tripped the models up most?
4Do the cheaper budget models keep up with the top tier here?
5Did any model invent something that isn't in the photo?
How this case was tested

Category: Diagrams & spatial. The checks were written before any model answered.

Tested
2026-11-02
Runs
10 answers, one API call per model; no retries are shown
Tools
No web search, browsing or other tools. Each model received only the photo and the question, with up to 6,000 output tokens.
Models
  • OpenAI · GPT-6.1 Sol
  • Google · Gemini 4 Argon
  • Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 5.5
  • Anthropic · Claude Haiku 5.5
  • Google · Gemini 3.8 Flash
  • Qwen · Qwen3.8 Flash
  • xAI · Grok 4.7
  • OpenAI · GPT-6 Luna
  • Mistral · Mistral Large
  • Amazon · Nova 2 Lite

Results apply to the included API answers on this one image. A pass count is not a reliability estimate, and does not establish the performance of a consumer app or every task in this category.