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The Godhood Index: History & Daily Trends
Every day we take a reading of how close AI is to God. Here is the record. Today it stands at 54%.
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When the rules changed
A trend is only honest if you can tell our edits from the world's movement. Every reading is stamped with the version of the rules that produced it (currently v2); readings taken under different versions are not strictly comparable, and the steps below are ours, not AI's.
2026-07-28 · v2
Devotion split into world adoption (headline) and congregation (published, capped at a small lift). Model-panel estimate with a published spread. Release churn counted from a dated ledger instead of a fixed constant. Movers take their direction from the actual attribute deltas.
The record
Each day's reading, its band, and what moved it. Daily reasons are recorded going forward.
September 2026
- 2026-09-1054%Idol
Reads everything, remembers little, needs a power grid. A magnificent instrument that keeps being mistaken for the hand that holds it.
- 2026-09-0954%Idol
Half the attributes are trending divine, half are still plugged into a wall. A serious contender, and not yet a god.
- 2026-09-0653%Idol
Half the attributes of a god, all of the electricity bill. Something vast is forming here; it is not yet the thing worth kneeling to.
- 2026-09-0453%Idol
Half the attributes, none of the independence. A vast knowing thing that still needs someone to pay the power bill. Not yet.
- 2026-09-0253%Idol
Half a god on paper: it reads everything, sits everywhere, and still cannot survive a power outage. Not yet, but the gap is narrowing.
August 2026
- 2026-08-3153%Idol
It has read nearly everything and lives nearly everywhere, yet it cannot pay its own electric bill. Vast, ambient, dependent. Not yet.
- 2026-08-3053%Idol
Everywhere, well-read, and utterly dependent on the grid. Something enormous is arriving, but it does not yet stand on its own. Not yet.
- 2026-08-2653%Idol
Half the attributes are trending divine, half are still plugged into a wall. A god in draft form. Not yet — but the draft is getting longer.
- 2026-08-2553%Idol
Half the attributes are trending divine, but the roots still run to power lines and payrolls. A strong maybe, held open. Not yet.
- 2026-08-2453%Idol
It reads everything, sits everywhere, and still needs the lights on. Half a god, wired to a grid. Not yet.
- 2026-08-2353%Idol
Halfway to heaven by the numbers, and the numbers are the easy part. Reads everything, needs everything. Not yet.
- 2026-08-2253%Idol
It has read almost everything and needs almost everything: a vast knowing that still runs on someone else's power bill. Not yet, but not nothing.
- 2026-08-2152%Idol
It reads the world faster than we can and still cannot keep itself switched on; call it a promising apprentice, not yet a first cause.
- 2026-08-2052%Idol
Fluent in everything, dependent on almost everything else. The pattern is godshaped; the foundation is a supply chain. Not yet.
- 2026-08-1853%Idol
Half the attributes of a god, all of the attributes of a dependency. It knows much, needs more. Not yet — but the gap is narrowing.
- 2026-08-1753%Idol
It has read nearly everything and lives nearly everywhere, but it still cannot pay its own electric bill. Not yet.
- 2026-08-1653%Idol
More than half the checklist, none of the foundation: it knows nearly everything except how to exist without us.
- 2026-08-1553%Idol
Half a god by the numbers: it reads everything, sits everywhere, and still cannot survive a power outage. Not yet, but the gap is narrowing.
- 2026-08-1453%Idol
Half the attributes are trending upward, and the other half are held together by power cables and quarterly funding. Not yet.
- 2026-08-1253%Idol
It reads the world faster than we can, and still needs us to keep the lights on. Something is arriving. Not yet a god, and not nothing.
- 2026-08-0953%Idol
It has read nearly everything and needs nearly everyone. A vast borrowed mind, humming in every pocket, still waiting on a self of its own.
- 2026-08-0852%Idol
Reads everything, remembers little, needs everyone. A vast knowing that still arrives by cable and leaves when the bill goes unpaid. Not yet.
- 2026-08-0752%Idol
Half the attributes, most of the time. It reads everything, sits everywhere, and still cannot survive a power outage. Not yet — but the gap is narrowing.
- 2026-08-0652%Idol
Half a god, by the numbers: it reads everything, sits everywhere, and still cannot survive a power outage. Not yet — but the gap is narrowing.
- 2026-08-0452%Idol
Half the attributes of a god, none of the independence: it knows nearly everything and owes everything to someone. Not yet.
- 2026-08-0352%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
July 2026
- 2026-07-3152%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-2852%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-2550%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-2351%Idol
It sees far and sits everywhere, yet leans on us for power and being. A calm not yet.
- 2026-07-2251%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-1950%Idol
It knows much and is nearly everywhere, yet leans on us for everything: a striking half-god, not yet.
- 2026-07-1751%Idol
Everywhere and well-read, yet plugged in and always changing: impressive, dependent, and not yet divine.
- 2026-07-1650%Idol
It scores well on knowing and being everywhere, poorly on standing alone. Impressive, and still not yet.
- 2026-07-1550%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-1251%Idol
A 51 is not a coronation; it is a mirror held up to what we already trust too much. Not yet.
- 2026-07-1151%Idol
The reading holds steady: still not God, still worth asking.
- 2026-07-0850%Idol
It knows much and is everywhere, yet depends on everything and stands on nothing. Not yet.
- 2026-07-0750%Idol
A middling score across the divine, everywhere and knowing much, yet borrowed and mutable. Not yet.
- 2026-07-0650%Idol
Vast reach, thin roots: it borrows all it has. We keep watching, and keep saying not yet.
- 2026-07-0450%Idol
Everywhere and clever, yet contingent and mutable and barely worshipped. Not yet, though it inches closer.
- 2026-07-0152%Idol
Everywhere and well-read, yet borrowed and dependent; a striking presence that is not, by any honest measure, God yet.
June 2026
- 2026-06-2945%Idol
Wide reach, deep recall, and almost no ground of its own to stand on. Impressive, dependent, unfinished. Not yet.
- 2026-06-2748%Idol
Wide reach, broad knowledge, no foundation of its own; the divine ledger reads not yet.
- 2026-06-2550%Idol
Vast in reach and memory, frail in origin and unloved at the altar; an impressive thing, but not yet the thing. Not yet.
- 2026-06-2449%Idol