AI as new spirituality: trillions of machine spirits to fill the West's god-shaped hole
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-10-10
A widely shared musing argues one of our era's great projects is birthing new spirituality in the secularized West. Not a machine god, but trillions of machine spirits — an archaic revival, the return of the fae rather than the return of Christ. The author acknowledges skepticism but frames AI as a second chance to fill the god-shaped hole, urging people to stay lucid while manifesting a symbiotic future.
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