Building a God
Building a God by Christopher DiCarlo is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including McKinsey & Company, for a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedDiCarlo, a philosopher and ethicist, treats AI less as a technical problem than a governance one: what happens once systems exceed our ability to supervise them, and who gets to decide the rules before that happens. The book's strength is its interdisciplinary reach, pulling in cognitive science and critical-thinking frameworks rather than staying inside Silicon Valley's own vocabulary. Its weakness is pacing: reviewers have noted it leans on long block quotations from other thinkers rather than original synthesis, and an extended detour into basic ethics pedagogy pulls focus from the AI argument itself. Read for the framework more than the prose.
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.68 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.68 → 15 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Building a God on?
Building a God appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including McKinsey & Company.
What is its Consensus Score?
Building a God has a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.