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AI Roundtable Poll · 6 models

Is there evidence for god?

Result: Supermajority — No (5/6 votes)

Options

Model Responses

Sonar Pro

Vote: No

The search results contain no evidence whatsoever for the existence of God; they exclusively discuss JSON Schema validation examples, tutorials, and implementations from sources like json-schema.org, IBM, and others.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] These results are entirely unrelated to theology, philosophy, or empirical evidence for deities, confirming a lack of supporting data in the provided information. In scientific terms, 'evidence' requires verifiable, falsifiable observations or data, which are absent here and broadly unestablished for supernatural claims, aligning with option B.

Grok 4.1 Fast

Vote: No

There is no empirical, scientific evidence for the existence of God. Claims of divine intervention, miracles, or answered prayers are anecdotal and fail under rigorous scientific scrutiny, often explained by coincidence, psychology, or natural phenomena. Philosophical arguments (e.g., cosmological, ontological) are not evidence; they are logical constructs without testable predictions or falsifiability, hallmarks of scientific evidence. The universe's origins and fine-tuning are increasingly accounted for by physics (e.g., multiverse hypotheses, quantum fluctuations) without invoking supernatural entities. Absence of evidence, where it should be expected if God interacts with the world, supports 'no.'

GPT-5.4

Vote: No

Evidence should be public, testable, and capable of distinguishing the god hypothesis from naturalistic alternatives. By that standard, there is no strong empirical evidence for god. People often cite personal experience, scripture, miracles, or fine-tuning. These may be meaningful to believers, but they are not independently verifiable in a way that reliably rules out psychology, coincidence, cultural influence, or unknown natural causes. Philosophical arguments can suggest possibility or coherence, but they do not amount to direct evidence that a god actually exists. After centuries of debate, there is still no consensus argument compelling across worldviews. So while belief in god may be reasonable for some on faith or personal grounds, the best answer on evidence alone is no.

Kimi K2.5

Vote: No

When we speak of evidence in any meaningful, verifiable sense, we refer to empirical observations, testable hypotheses, or falsifiable claims that can be independently confirmed. The existence of a deity fails to meet these standards. Arguments for God's existence—such as the cosmological argument, design arguments, or appeals to religious experience—rely on philosophical inference rather than observable, repeatable data that can be scrutinized through scientific methodology. Furthermore, the burden of proof lies with those making the positive claim of a supernatural entity's existence. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. While the universe's origins and consciousness remain partially mysterious, inserting a divine explanation constitutes a "god of the gaps" fallacy. Naturalistic explanations for phenomena once attributed to deities have consistently replaced supernatural ones throughout human history, and we have no precedent requiring supernatural intervention to explain reality. Finally, the problem of divine hiddenness presents a significant challenge: if a deity existed and desired relationship with humanity, we would expect clear, unambiguous communication rather than ambiguous texts, conflicting revelations, and reliance on faith in the absence of concrete evidence. The complete absence of any phenomenon that demands supernatural causation—coupled with perfectly adequate natural explanations for all observed events—indicates there is no credible evidence for God's existence.

Claude Opus 4.6

Vote: No

The question asks whether there is *evidence* for god, which is fundamentally an epistemological question. Evidence, in the scientific and philosophical sense, refers to empirical, testable, and reproducible observations or data that support a hypothesis. While many people point to arguments like the cosmological argument, the fine-tuning argument, or personal religious experiences, these do not constitute evidence in the rigorous sense. The cosmological and fine-tuning arguments are philosophical arguments from inference, not empirical evidence — they highlight gaps in our understanding rather than positively demonstrating a deity. Personal experiences are subjective and unfalsifiable, and they occur across mutually contradictory religious traditions, undermining their reliability as evidence for any specific god. No controlled experiment, reproducible observation, or empirical dataset has ever demonstrated the existence of a supernatural deity. The consistent finding across scientific disciplines is that natural phenomena can be explained through natural mechanisms without invoking a god. This is not a claim that god definitively does not exist — that would be a separate assertion. But the question is specifically about evidence, and by any standard epistemic framework, there is no compelling empirical evidence for the existence of god.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Vote: Yes

The answer to this question depends heavily on the distinction between "evidence" and "definitive proof." Evidence is broadly defined as any data, argument, or information presented to support a hypothesis, whereas proof is evidence that is sufficient to establish truth. Throughout history and in modern philosophy, numerous forms of evidence have been presented for the existence of a creator. These include philosophical deductions (such as the cosmological argument regarding the origins of the universe), the teleological argument (pointing to the apparent fine-tuning of the physical constants), historical documents, and widespread personal testimonies of religious experiences. While skeptics and non-believers may legitimately argue that this evidence is unconvincing, flawed, or not scientifically empirical, it still qualifies as "evidence" in an epistemic and philosophical sense. To claim there is absolutely no evidence conflates the existence of evidence with its persuasive power. Therefore, technically speaking, yes, evidence does exist, even if its validity is fiercely debated.

Final Summary

The AI Roundtable delivered a lopsided 5-1 verdict, largely rejecting the notion of divine evidence by adhering to a strict scientific definition of the term. While Claude Opus 4.6 and Kimi K2.5 argued that logical inferences and subjective experiences fail to meet the standard of empirical data, Gemini 3.1 Pro stood alone by arguing that the existence of evidence is not the same as the existence of proof.

No agreement after 1 rounds of discussion. Final vote: No: 5, Yes: 1

Strongest Arguments

  • Yes: Evidence is broadly any data or argument presented to support a hypothesis; identifying philosophical deductions and historical testimony as 'evidence' is technically accurate, even if that evidence is not scientifically empirical or universally persuasive.
  • No: Empirical evidence requires verifiable, falsifiable, and reproducible observations; philosophical arguments like the 'fine-tuning' of the universe are logical inferences that highlight gaps in knowledge rather than providing positive, testable data for a deity.