Check every box below that applies to you. Your score drops by one point for each item you select, starting from 100. No email, no signup, no waiting for results.
Every checked box lowers your score by one point
The AI Purity Test is a 100-item checklist that scores your relationship with artificial intelligence tools the same way the Rice Purity Test scores general life experience. You start at 100 points, and every statement you check, from “used a chatbot to draft an email” to “had an AI edit a photo of yourself,” takes one point off.
There is no pass or fail. It is a self-assessment format, not an exam, and it was built to be taken in a few minutes rather than studied for. The format traces back to Tina Tarighian’s original version of the test, which several sites (including this one) have since adapted with their own question sets and scoring displays.
Your score is a snapshot, not a verdict. Here is how the ranges are generally read:
| Score Range | Category | What It Suggests |
|---|---|---|
| 90–100 | AI Newcomer | Very limited hands-on use of AI tools so far. |
| 75–89 | Casual User | Occasional use for simple, low-stakes tasks. |
| 50–74 | Regular User | AI shows up in your work or creative process fairly often. |
| 25–49 | Heavy User | AI is a routine part of how you work, write, or create. |
| 0–24 | Power User | Extensive, near-daily reliance on AI across many contexts. |
A high score does not mean you are behind, and a low score does not mean anything is wrong with your habits. It reflects exposure and usage, not skill, ethics, or intelligence.
The questions are not random. Most versions, including this one, organize the 100 items into a handful of groups so your final score reflects a range of behavior rather than one type of use:
Whether you have used a chatbot or AI tool at all.
Drafting emails, summarizing text, answering quick questions, and handling simple daily tasks.
Creating AI-generated art, writing, music, presentations, or video content.
Whether AI has become a default step in your workflow rather than an occasional tool.
Sharing AI-generated content or presenting AI output as entirely your own work.
Building with AI, automating workflows, fine-tuning models, or using AI for business decisions.
Because the categories are broad, two people with the same overall score can have very different day-to-day AI habits. The number is a summary of all six areas combined, not a single behavior measured on repeat.
The Rice Purity Test came first and still covers the widest ground: relationships, risk-taking, substances, and general life milestones. The AI Purity Test borrows that same declining score mechanic and narrows it to one theme.
broad life experience, the original format this entire genre is built on
same scoring logic, focused entirely on AI usage and exposure
college-specific, gaming specific, or fandom specific checklists using the same format on a narrower topic
The main difference with the AI version is how quickly it goes stale. A gaming or college purity test from a few years ago still mostly holds up. An AI focused one needs updating far more often, since new tools and habits enter daily use faster than most other categories these tests cover.
No, and it was never built to be. There is no peer reviewed methodology behind the scoring, no clinical validation, and no standardized question bank across every version online. It is a self reflection tool and a social sharing format, closer in spirit to a personality quiz than a diagnostic instrument.
That does not make it useless. It gives people a low-pressure way to think about how AI tools show up in their daily routine and a shareable format for comparing notes with friends or coworkers. Just do not treat the result as a measurement of intelligence, ethics, or skill, because it was not designed to measure any of those things.
No. It simply means you have used AI tools across a wide range of situations. The test does not rank usage as good or bad.
There is no good or bad score. It reflects your current level of AI exposure, not a performance result.
100 questions, organized into categories covering basic awareness, everyday use, creative use, dependency, social behavior, and advanced use.
The Rice Purity Test measures general life experience. The AI Purity Test applies the same scoring format to one topic: your interactions with AI tools.
Yes. Many people retake it periodically since AI habits and available tools change quickly.
This version runs in your browser. Your selections are not sent to a server, and no signup or email is required to see your score.
