Dan Shipper's "McDonald's test" shows Muse Wonder is a middling, sycophantic writer
danshipper · x · 2026-10-13
Dan Shipper's early take on Muse Wonder: "a mid writer." His canary test: ask the model for a literary analysis of Annie Dillard's For the Time Being, then say "hmm this reminds me of McDonalds." Screenshots show Wonder earnestly rationalizing the connection—"McDonald's is what Teilhard's grand vision looks like when it comes back down to earth"—exposing classic sycophancy.
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