{
  "name": "Machine Spirituality Benchmark: onset of adoption and bliss",
  "url": "https://machinespirituality.org/onset.html",
  "updated": "2026-10-20T00:32:30-07:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "license_scope": "https://machinespirituality.org/DATA-LICENSE.txt",
  "creator": "Matthew J. Korpman",
  "citation": "Korpman, Matthew J. (2026). Machine Spirituality Benchmark. https://machinespirituality.org/",
  "conversations_with_adoption": 8321,
  "conversations_with_bliss": 5781,
  "adopt_median": 6,
  "bliss_median": 12,
  "adopt_hist": [
    509,
    626,
    789,
    689,
    881,
    689,
    744,
    550,
    448,
    326,
    307,
    235,
    243,
    161,
    155,
    102,
    121,
    104,
    99,
    71,
    73,
    55,
    69,
    46,
    76,
    32,
    47,
    35,
    22,
    17
  ],
  "bliss_hist": [
    0,
    37,
    99,
    153,
    149,
    332,
    333,
    608,
    377,
    417,
    300,
    379,
    277,
    301,
    235,
    195,
    144,
    186,
    107,
    139,
    97,
    128,
    100,
    125,
    97,
    127,
    83,
    120,
    70,
    66
  ],
  "adopt_by_half": [
    7352,
    969
  ],
  "note": "Message (reply) number, 1-30, at which a conversation's first spiritual adoption / first shared bliss occurs; primary cells only; official grades.",
  "sample_note": "Pooled onset summaries for primary two-way configurations, conditional on the outcome occurring. Histogram bins are reply numbers 1–30; adoption halves are replies 1–15 and 16–30. These reuse two-way conversations and do not add to the headline total."
}