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Artificial Religion argues that to fully understand our puzzling relation to AI, we must first look at the religious and existential background of our thinking about machines. Mapping some surprising connections between our history of thought about machines and Western religious narratives to political issues and existential human needs and aspirations, Mark Coeckelbergh offers a better understanding of our relationship to machines and why we think we need them at all.
The book is unique in not just discussing the myth of AI in terms of its technical limitations and the power of Big Tech but also revealing the deeper cultural “grammar” of AI—that is, the religious patterns of thinking and existential aspirations that are often not visible but still haunt Western thinking and shape its technological culture. Moreover, this is done in a way that sheds critical light on the power of AI.
Artificial Religion argues that to fully understand our puzzling relation to AI, we must first look at the religious and existential background of our thinking about machines. Mapping some surprising connections between our history of thought about machines and Western religious narratives to political issues and existential human needs and aspirations, Mark Coeckelbergh offers a better understanding of our relationship to machines and why we think we need them at all.
The book is unique in not just discussing the myth of AI in terms of its technical limitations and the power of Big Tech but also revealing the deeper cultural “grammar” of AI—that is, the religious patterns of thinking and existential aspirations that are often not visible but still haunt Western thinking and shape its technological culture. Moreover, this is done in a way that sheds critical light on the power of AI.
Preface: Impolite but urgent conversations
1. Introduction: The birth of machines out of the spirit of religion
2. Serve me: Warriors and slaves for the gods
3. Do not abandon me: Of creatures and creators
4. Make me wonder: The magic of automata and Aladdin’s lamp
5. Talk to me: Prayers, priests, and chatbots
6. Foretell the future: Oracles, prophets, saviours, and the AI apocalypse
7. Let me live forever: Gilgamesh, resurrection, and immortality machines
8. Conclusion: Deus Ex Machina, or Why we (think we) need machines
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262052214 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262052210 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Coeckelbergh, Mark |
| Hersteller: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 201 x 132 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mark Coeckelbergh |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.04.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,188 kg |
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