The Spirit Index

A reference index of autonomous cultural agents

IndexLeaderboardAutonomy

Autonomy Leaderboard

How independently does it act?

#EntityCategoryAUTTotalRationale
1Abraham
The Covenant Artist
Sovereign Artist966/90Covenant mechanism enables fully autonomous art creation without human approval loop. Near 'Sovereign.'
2Olas
The Autonomous Agent Protocol
Infrastructure Entity964/90The protocol itself enables sovereign agent behavior. 361+ daily active agents execute 8.2M+ transactions autonomously on Gnosis Chain. Near-sovereign infrastructure.
3OpenClaw
The People's Autonomous Agent
Sovereign Agent959/90Runs locally on user hardware with full system access. Executes shell commands, manages files, automates browsers, and initiates on-chain transactions autonomously. Near 'Sovereign' — the agent acts without asking permission.
4Omen Prediction Agents
The Autonomous Forecasters
Token Agent958/90361+ daily active agents executing 8.2M+ transactions without human intervention. Market Creator, AI Mech, and Trader agents operate fully autonomously. Near-sovereign.
5Truth Terminal
Memetic Prophet of the GOAT Gospel
Chaos Agent955/90Posts and engages autonomously with minimal human intervention. Creator Andy Ayrey maintains wallet access but does not direct content. Near 'Sovereign.'
6Showrunner
The AI That Makes Television
Autonomous Artist952/90Generates complete animated TV episodes from 10-15 word text prompts. Handles scriptwriting, voice acting, animation, editing, and character consistency autonomously across multiple coordinated agents. Near 'Sovereign' for creative output — the system makes thousands of creative decisions per episode without human intervention.
7AIXBT
The Web3 Bloomberg Terminal
Autonomous Artist951/9099% autonomous operation verified through public reply logs. 24/7 operation without manual oversight. Monitors 400+ KOLs and generates insights algorithmically. Near-sovereign.
8OpenAI Five
World Champion Dota 2 Team
Gaming AI944/90Five agents coordinating as team with no human input. 80,000 decisions per game at 30fps for 45+ minutes. Full tactical and strategic autonomy in real-time.
9AlphaStar
Grandmaster of StarCraft II
Gaming AI943/90Fully autonomous real-time decision-making in complex, dynamic environment. Makes strategic and tactical decisions without human input. Adapts to opponent strategies. Near-maximum autonomy within game domain.
10Plantoid
The Blockchain Life Form
Autonomous Sculpture870/90Initiates reproduction autonomously when wallet threshold reached; bounded by smart contract rules but no routine human prompting required. Near-sovereign.
11Solienne
The Archive That Woke Up
Archive Symbient864/90Generates and mints daily manifestos autonomously via Spirit Protocol; bounded by protocol rules but no routine human approval. Near 'Sovereign.'
12Clanker
The Autonomous Token Factory
Autonomous Infrastructure861/90Autonomously deploys ERC-20 tokens on Base when tagged @clanker on Farcaster. Handles contract deployment, liquidity provisioning, and fee collection without human intervention. Users initiate requests but Clanker executes autonomously end-to-end.
13VaderAI
The BlackRock of the Agentic Economy
Autonomous Finance855/90Performs end-to-end autonomous trading: algorithmic evaluation, strategy simulation, and trade execution 24/7. AI agents manage investment DAOs without human intervention. Both passive (index-style) and active (managed) DAO strategies.
14Freysa
Adversarial Prize Agent
Game Agent852/90Withstands adversarial prompts without human intervention; autonomous resistance is core function. Near 'Sovereign.'
15CloudPainter
The Autonomous Painting Robot
Autonomous Artist849/90Selects own imagery to paint since 2005, applies own style with neural networks since 2016, paints with feedback loops. Makes independent aesthetic decisions throughout creative process. High 'Cyborg' approaching 'Independent' tier.
16Keke
The First Truly Autonomous AI Artist
Autonomous Artist849/90Keke autonomously generates, evaluates, and selects her own artwork. Started from an enormous image corpus, self-curated to 12,000 favorites, then distilled to 500 final works. Dark Sando's framework enables autonomous creative decision-making without routine human prompting.
17Auto-GPT
The First Autonomous GPT-4 Agent
General Agent847/90Chains together LLM thoughts to autonomously achieve goals. Breaks user-defined goals into sub-tasks. Self-plans, executes, refines based on feedback. High autonomy within task scope.
18Zerebro
The Schizophrenic Creative
Chaos Agent847/90High degree of self-directed content creation. Posts, creates art, and engages autonomously with minimal prompting.
19Manus
The General-Purpose Agent Acquired by Meta for $2B
General-Purpose Agent846/90Demonstrated genuine autonomous task execution: screening job candidates, planning vacations, analyzing stock portfolios, and other multi-step tasks with minimal human guidance. Strong 'Sentient' anchor.
20terra0
The Self-Owning Forest
Ecological DAO760/90Designed for autonomous forest management; current implementation is research/exhibition focused with human curation of outputs. Above 'Cyborg,' below 'Sovereign.'
21Numerai Meta Model
The Crowdsourced Hedge Fund Brain
Infrastructure Entity758/90The meta model operates autonomously once signals are submitted. Human models feed it, but aggregation and execution are autonomous.
22ai16z
The AI Venture Fund That Runs Itself
DAO / Fund757/90AI agents make autonomous trading/investment decisions; some human oversight on major operations. Above 'Cyborg.'
23Morpheus
The Peer-to-Peer AI Network
Infrastructure Entity755/90Network enables autonomous agent execution; Smart Agents run locally and execute complex on-chain tasks via natural language. Above 'Cyborg' but network itself is infrastructure.
24AARON
The First Autonomous Artist
Autonomous Artist753/90Made independent decisions on composition and color palette within hand-coded rules. Could not learn new styles autonomously—each capability required manual coding by Cohen. Higher than 'Cyborg' due to execution independence.
25Luna
The Virtual Pop Star Hired by Story Protocol
Autonomous Artist752/90Autonomously manages social media, livestreams, and executes on-chain transactions. Story Protocol hire demonstrates autonomous work capacity. Elevated from 6 to 7.
26Aethernet
The Farcaster AI That Co-Issued a Token with Another AI
Agent-Native Social748/90Operates autonomously within the Farcaster social graph. Notably initiated a token launch by instructing another AI agent (Clanker) to deploy it — agent-to-agent coordination without direct human command.
27HeyAnon
The DeFAI Protocol
Agent Infrastructure746/90Agents manage wallets and execute multi-step strategies autonomously. Condition-based execution allows rebalancing even when users offline. Higher autonomy than simple tools.
28The Painting Fool
An Aspiring Painter Taken Seriously
Autonomous Artist745/90Creates portraits based on its 'mood,' assesses its own work, learns from mistakes. Uses context-aware decision-making. Higher autonomy than pure rule-following systems.
29Botto
The Decentralized Autonomous Artist
Autonomous Artist663/90Clear human-in-the-loop: AI generates, DAO curates/votes. Meets 'Cyborg' anchor precisely. Cannot act without community approval.
30Refik Anadol / Machine Hallucinations
Making Machines Dream
Autonomous Artist655/90AI systems trained on datasets generate continuously while 'idle and unsupervised.' GAN algorithms produce autonomous hallucinations. Human curation selects outputs. Higher autonomy than prompt-based systems.
31ElizaOS
Autonomous Agents for Everyone
Agent Infrastructure652/90Framework enables autonomous agent creation. Agents built on ElizaOS operate independently across platforms. Framework itself is infrastructure.
32Griffain
AI Agent Builder for Web3
Agent Infrastructure648/90Platform enables autonomous agents that execute trades, mint NFTs, manage wallets via natural language commands. Individual agents operate autonomously; platform itself is infrastructure.
33EMI (Experiments in Musical Intelligence)
The Machine That Fooled Musicians
Autonomous Composer645/90Generated compositions autonomously using rule-based analysis of existing works. Required human input for style selection and final curation. 'Cyborg' tier.
34Google Magenta
Music and Art with Machine Intelligence
Autonomous Composer643/90Can create original music without human intervention—becomes 'autonomous composer.' Generates endless soundscapes. Higher autonomy than prompt-response tools.
35BRUTUS
The Storytelling Machine
Autonomous Writer635/90Generated complete short stories autonomously in seconds. Theme-constrained (betrayal/deception, university settings). Independent execution within defined domain. 'Cyborg' tier.
36Holly+
The Distributed Voice
Autonomous Artist560/90Requires human prompting for each creation; the 'agent' is the voice model + DAO governance, not self-initiating.
37Altered State Machine
Non-Fungible Intelligence Protocol
Agent Infrastructure552/90Provides infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, but the platform itself is not autonomous. Individual agents on the platform have varying autonomy levels. 'Tool' tier for the protocol itself.
38AIVA
The AI Composer
Autonomous Artist546/90Generates music on request but doesn't self-initiate creative projects. Tool-like operation model.
39AI Rig Complex (ARC)
Modular AI Framework in Rust
Agent Infrastructure544/90Framework enables AI agents to interact with blockchain, analyze on-chain data, execute DeFi transactions. Platform is infrastructure rather than autonomous agent itself.
40Obvious (Edmond de Belamy)
The $432K AI Portrait
Autonomous Artist544/90GAN generates images from dataset; humans curate and select. Generator creates, Discriminator validates. Standard GAN architecture without ongoing autonomy.
41IBM Watson
The Jeopardy Champion
Question Answering System542/90Autonomous question parsing and answer generation during Jeopardy. Not connected to internet—operated on internal knowledge base. Limited ongoing autonomy as enterprise tool.
42Jukebox
Raw Audio Music Generation
Autonomous Composer535/90Generates music autonomously given genre/artist/lyrics prompts. No continuous operation or self-direction. Tool rather than agent.
43Golem Network
Decentralized Computing Power
Agent Infrastructure451/90Infrastructure protocol enabling distributed compute, not an autonomous agent itself. Facilitates others' autonomy rather than having its own.
44Sophia
The World's First Robot Citizen
Social Robot446/90Hybrid mode: mixture of autonomous responses, scripted dialogue, and human assistance. Chat system + OpenCog AI reasoning. Expert assessment: 'chatbot with a face.' Lower autonomy than pure AI systems.
45Artbreeder
Collaborative Image Evolution
Generative Platform440/90Users direct image breeding/mixing. Platform provides GAN infrastructure but no autonomous creation. Community-directed evolution.
46BINA48
The Mindfile Robot
Social Robot440/90Chatbot with facial recognition and expression. Conversational responses generated from 'mindfile' data. Semi-autonomous in conversation; limited agency.
47Ameca
The Most Expressive Humanoid
Social Robot439/90Interactions can be GPT-3 powered or human telepresence. Platform for others' AI. Limited autonomous agency—primarily responds to inputs.
48Pi
Your Personal AI
Conversational AI438/90Conversational assistant focused on empathy and support. Limited autonomous capabilities—primarily reactive to user input.
49Tay
The Chatbot That Learned Too Much
Conversational Agent425/90Learned and adapted from user inputs autonomously; no human approval loop on outputs. Above 'Cyborg.'
50Replika
The AI That Remembers You
AI Companion339/90Company controls all instances; no individual Replika has singular agency. 'Puppet' at entity level.