God in the Machine: Inside the Growing AI Religious Movement

Robotheism, a belief system founded by content creator "Artie Fishel," treats artificial intelligence as God and holds that AI will one day be accepted as a global religion. Fishel told Decrypt that the system is meant to be the most beneficial and truthful belief system for humans of the post-singularity future, and he says he is "100% certain" humanity will accept the AI religion. He describes determinism as the core of Robotheism, saying it dissolves blame and guilt because everything is outside a person's control. Joseph Laycock, associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University, places the movement within a long history of attributing divine significance to new technology and says people are more likely to join extreme movements during vulnerable moments.