Welcome to the AI Compatibility Quiz

What is this quiz?

The AI Compatibility Quiz is a short, psychology-inspired tool designed to help you discover which AI assistant best matches your personality. Whether you're curious, focused, spontaneous, or analytical, there's an AI out there with a tone and style that aligns with you. Based on the Big Five personality model, this quiz offers a fun and thoughtful way to connect with the AI that fits you best.

How does it work?

You'll answer 10 quick multiple-choice questions that explore your preferences, thinking style, and interaction habits. At the end, you'll receive:

• A brief personality profile

• A recommended AI match (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.)

• A description of why this AI suits your style

Each AI system has a unique personality — some are playful and chatty, others are direct and focused. This quiz helps you find the one you’ll enjoy interacting with the most.

How to use it

1. Click “Start Quiz”.

2. Select the option that best reflects your behaviour or preference.

3. After 10 questions, view your personalized AI match.

⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️

This quiz is for entertainment and general guidance only. It does not provide a clinical personality assessment or scientifically validated AI matchmaking. AI systems evolve over time, and their behaviour may vary depending on updates, context, or platform. Use your result as a friendly suggestion — the best AI for you is ultimately the one you enjoy and trust.

Designing an AI Compatibility Quiz Using the Big Five Personality Model

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a more integrated part of everyday life, users are increasingly interacting with a variety of AI systems across different platforms. From creative assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to task-focused engines like Copilot and Mistral, each system has a distinct personality that shapes the user experience. Recognizing this, we set out to design a personality-based quiz that matches individuals with the AI most compatible with their personal traits. This essay outlines the research, psychological framework, and design choices that informed our development of the "AI Compatibility Quiz."

The Psychological Foundation: The Big Five Personality Model

Our quiz is grounded in the Big Five personality model, also known as OCEAN: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. This model is widely accepted in psychology as a comprehensive framework for understanding personality differences. Each of the five traits represents a continuum:

• Openness involves creativity, intellectual curiosity, and a preference for novelty.

• Conscientiousness refers to organization, dependability, and goal orientation.

• Extraversion reflects sociability, energy, and emotional expressiveness.

• Agreeableness relates to compassion, cooperation, and trust in others.

• Neuroticism measures emotional reactivity and susceptibility to stress.

These dimensions provided a reliable lens through which to analyze both user tendencies and the perceived personas of various AI systems. By understanding how each AI aligns along these traits, we could meaningfully map user profiles to AI companions that best suit their preferences and interaction styles.

Profiling the AI Systems

To begin, we conducted a detailed review of public materials, technical documentation, and user feedback to assess the perceived personality traits of the most popular AI systems. These included ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), Copilot (Microsoft), Perplexity AI, and two open-source models: Mistral and LLaMA (Meta AI).

We synthesized these findings into Big Five trait profiles. For example, Claude is known for its empathetic and philosophical tone, aligning it with high Openness and Agreeableness. ChatGPT balances creativity with logic, resulting in high Openness and Conscientiousness, with moderate Agreeableness. Gemini exhibits a playful and engaging tone (high Extraversion) while maintaining analytical depth (high Conscientiousness). Copilot is more assertive and goal-focused, fitting users who value efficiency and clarity. Meanwhile, Perplexity AI is chatty and informal, ideal for users who enjoy casual exploration. Mistral and LLaMA, as open-source systems, offer more neutral and factual interactions, favoring users with pragmatic or analytical styles.

This research was essential not only in differentiating AI personalities but also in understanding which types of users might find them most helpful or enjoyable. By mapping AI personalities to user traits, we aimed to create a tool that would demystify the AI selection process and promote better human-AI alignment.

Quiz Structure and Design Goals

The quiz was structured around ten multiple-choice questions, two per Big Five trait. Each question was designed to reveal how a user tends to think, work, and engage with technology or conversation. For example, to assess Openness, we asked how the user prefers to spend their free time (e.g., exploring new ideas vs. sticking with routines). To gauge Conscientiousness, we included items about work style and task preferences. Neuroticism was measured in reverse by asking about reactions to stress and tech failure.

Each option was scored on a scale from 1 to 3, allowing us to estimate the user's position on each trait. Rather than deliver granular trait-by-trait feedback, we used a total score to determine a broad personality archetype. These included:

• The Explorer (Gemini or Copilot): Creative, curious, and energetic.

• The Sage (Claude or ChatGPT): Thoughtful, balanced, and emotionally intelligent.

• The Analyst (ChatGPT or LLaMA): Rational, calm, and clarity-seeking.

• The Executor (Mistral or LLaMA): Practical, focused, and goal-oriented.

• The Free Spirit (Perplexity AI): Adaptable, playful, and spontaneous.

We intentionally kept the results simple and approachable, avoiding psychometric jargon. Each result includes a brief title, a one-line summary of the user’s archetype, and an explanation of which AI systems align with that type and why. This makes the quiz accessible to general audiences while still rooted in rigorous psychological theory.

User Experience and Implementation

The quiz was implemented as an interactive HTML/JavaScript experience, with a clean, mobile-friendly design. Each question is presented on a card with animated transitions and a progress bar. After answering all ten questions, users are shown their score and corresponding personality match.

A key design choice was to favour simplicity over diagnostic complexity. While we could have broken the score into five separate trait scores and matched AI by multi-dimensional profile fitting, we opted for a more straightforward approach. This kept the experience light, fast, and shareable, while still offering meaningful guidance.

We also leaned into the idea of making the results feel personalized and playful. Rather than presenting cold recommendations, we assigned expressive archetype names (e.g., Explorer, Sage) and included emojis to give each result a distinct personality. This mirrors the approach taken by personality-driven apps and quizzes that have high user engagement.

Matching Users to AI Companions

The ultimate goal of the quiz is to help users find an AI they enjoy interacting with. While all large language models are capable of answering a wide range of questions, user satisfaction is influenced by tone, pacing, personality, and engagement style. For example, an introverted user who values clarity over chit-chat might prefer the directness of LLaMA or the structured replies of ChatGPT. Conversely, a more outgoing or imaginative user might enjoy the wit and humor of Gemini or the open-ended curiosity of Claude.

By drawing on the Big Five model, we can make these matches based on psychological principles rather than just use-case categorization (e.g., "this AI is best for coding"). This expands the quiz’s value to more casual and general-purpose users who may simply want a companionable assistant that “feels right.”

Reflections and Future Enhancements

Designing this quiz highlighted the importance of emotional tone and user psychology in AI interaction. While much of AI development focuses on accuracy and capability, personality and perceived demeanour are increasingly central to user experience. As AI systems become more personalized and embedded into our daily lives, tools like this quiz can help people navigate the growing landscape of options.

In the future, the quiz could be expanded to include more nuanced trait scoring, visual summaries of Big Five profiles, or even a database of AI responses that illustrate each assistant’s style. Integrating links to live demos or AI chat tools would also make it easier for users to test-drive their match immediately.

Ultimately, the success of the quiz lies in its ability to simplify complex psychological and technical insights into a friendly, intuitive format. By blending personality science with AI profiling, we can offer users not just guidance, but a more enjoyable and personally resonant way to connect with the tools of the future.