ABSTRACT
While the previous chapter demonstrated that rejection is a possible model for the relationship between religion and AI, this book aims to show that it is not the only model; and that, in opposition to common stereotypes of religions being anti-technology and anti-progress, the modern adoption of AI follows on from a much longer history of technological adoption. Conversely, Chapters 5 and 6 consider the implicit adoption of religious narratives and tropes by transhumanists and the explicit adoption of religious forms by AI NRMs, again revealing that these entanglements can operate in both directions.
