A MAGI System-like Approach: Ask 3 AIs the Same Question, Adopt If Unanimous

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Fri, January 16, 2026

The other day, I wrote this in our company Slack:

“It’s really helpful that I can consult AI and decide on an approach for handling xx. A little while ago, I think I would have had to do a lot of Googling or consult experts to make a decision.”

It was a moment when I realized how much AI has lowered the barrier to decision-making in technical areas where I’m not an expert but where well-established best practices exist.

A MAGI System-like Approach

That said, blindly accepting AI responses is risky. So the approach I’ve adopted is to ask the same question to 3 AIs and adopt the answer if they unanimously agree.

The “MAGI System” from Evangelion makes decisions through a consensus of three supercomputers (MELCHIOR, BALTHASAR, and CASPAR). My approach is inspired by this.

It’s not the actual MAGI System, but I operate on the principle that if all 3 AIs give the same answer, it’s probably reliable information.

Definition of 3 AIs in This Article

At the time of writing, I define the following three as “3 AIs”:

ProviderService
AnthropicClaude
GoogleGemini
OpenAIChatGPT

These are currently the most widely used major AI services, each with different training data and design philosophies.

Why Three?

The number three has significance:

  1. Ensuring Diversity: AIs from different providers have different training data and design philosophies. Multiple perspectives can cover biases and errors that a single AI might miss.

  2. Minimum Unit for Consensus: With two, you can’t decide when opinions split. With three, at least a majority vote is possible.

  3. Realistic Cost: Adding four or more increases the verification effort too much. Three strikes the right balance between “sufficient diversity” and “realistic operational cost.”

How to Practice

The practical method is simple:

  1. Prepare the technical question you want to research
  2. Ask the same question to 3 AIs
  3. Compare the responses
  4. If all three give answers in the same direction, adopt that approach

When opinions differ, dig deeper with follow-up questions or verify with official documentation and expert opinions.

Effective Use Cases

This method is particularly effective in cases like:

  • Best practices for mature technologies: Established methods exist, but you’re not familiar with the field
  • Choosing settings or configurations: Multiple options exist and you’re unsure which to choose
  • Interpreting error messages: When you want to quickly understand the cause and solution

Conversely, for cutting-edge technologies or fields where best practices haven’t been established yet, AI responses tend to diverge, making this method less reliable.

Streamlining 3 AIs Queries with Giselle

Asking 3 AIs individually is, honestly, time-consuming. Copying and pasting the same question three times and comparing each response is tediously repetitive.

This is where Giselle comes in handy.

Giselle is a no-code platform for building AI workflows, with the key feature that you can combine multiple AI models like GPT, Claude, and Gemini within a single workflow.

This means you can input one question and query 3 AIs simultaneously, then display the results side by side for comparison. You just drag and drop nodes and connect them like drawing a flowchart—no programming knowledge required.

As someone involved in Giselle’s development, I believe this “multi-AI consensus” use case is where Giselle’s strengths really shine.

For more details, visit the Giselle official site or Giselle documentation.

Conclusion

With the evolution of AI, the barrier to technical decision-making has definitely lowered. However, by adopting a “consensus approach” with multiple AIs rather than relying on a single one, you can make more reliable decisions.

It’s not a perfect decision-making mechanism like the MAGI System, but the pragmatic approach of “if 3 AIs unanimously agree, it’s probably right” has been streamlining my daily development decisions.

That’s all from the Gemba, where I’m leveraging 3 AIs in a MAGI System-like fashion.