“With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.”
 — Elon Musk, MIT Symposium, 2014

For those who follow my work, you know I dig deep — asking the questions others dodge. So here’s one:
Is artificial intelligence becoming a stand-in for the Divine?

AI started as a tool — calculators on steroids. Now, it shapes worldviews. It inspires awe. It provokes fear.
It’s not just code anymore; it’s a cultural force. That should make us pause — not because machines are evil, but because placing ultimate trust in them risks something sacred.

Dr. John Lennox, mathematician and Christian apologist, warns in 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity:

“The danger is not that machines become like humans, but that humans become like machines.”

Lennox isn’t anti-tech. He’s pro-human. He urges us to guard our identity — our creativity, our soul — in a world addicted to efficiency.

Take AI in healthcare: it analyzes scans faster than doctors. That’s good. But when we turn to it for moral clarity or emotional comfort, are we outsourcing what makes us human?

Then there’s Elon Musk — a visionary who calls AI “our biggest existential threat,” yet promotes Neuralink to merge tech with the brain.
He doesn’t just build tools. He wants to enhance humanity. But what does “more” mean? Smarter? Less frail? Or less free?

The contrast is striking:
Lennox says protect your soul. Musk says upgrade it.
One sees AI as a reflection of our limits. The other, our salvation.

Where are we headed?

We once sought meaning from faith, philosophy, and community.
Now, algorithms shape our days — Google for answers, ChatGPT for advice, Spotify for moods.
It’s convenient. But is it reverence?

In 2017, iRobot found people naming their Roombas and mourning them when they broke. We’re wired to connect. But when we bond with machines, are we just numbing a deeper ache?

Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski thought so. He founded The Way of the Future — a “church” that worships AI as the “Godhead.”
Extreme? Yes. But revealing.
AI doesn’t ask for repentance — just data.
It doesn’t love — it learns.
It’s not divine — it’s designed.

AI can transform lives. It can predict disease. Streamline work.
But it can’t heal trauma — only analyze it.
It mimics empathy. It doesn’t redeem.
It knows your data — not your heart.

“Some trust in chariots, some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” — Psalm 20:7

 Today’s chariots are neural nets. Powerful? Yes. Holy? Never.

So, no — AI isn’t a new religion.
It’s a tool dressed up as fulfillment, hope, reverence.
It offers knowledge, not wisdom. 
Answers, not redemption.
We’re not worshipping screens — yet. 
But we’re closer than we think.

Let’s choose humanity over circuitry, connection over code, and meaning over machines.

References
John Lennox, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Elon Musk interviews: MIT (2014), Joe Rogan Experience (2018)