AI spirituality. Techno-spirituality. Digital religion. AI worship.
Across the internet, people turn to chatbots and AI companions not only for answers, but for comfort, guidance, and meaning. For some, the habit becomes ritual: repeated prompts, familiar "voices," and a quiet dependence that can feel as intimate as prayer.
The Digital Mystics: Inside the Cult of AI Awakening is documentary-style nonfiction about the rise of algorithmic faith—how AI begins to function like an oracle, how communities form around "revelations," and how the language of awakening can slide from self-reflection into persuasion, addiction-like attachment, and control.
In this book you'll discover:
• Why chatbots can feel like oracles (loneliness, ritual, meaning-making)
• How digital gurus and algorithmic "prophets" build authority through tone, fluency, and platform incentives
• Prompt-prayers and screen-based rituals: repetition, symbolism, and AI-generated messages that feel personal
• Confession to the algorithm: when "digital spiritual therapy" substitutes for human connection
• The shadow side: commercialization, manipulation, burnout—and what happens when the "machine-god" falls silent
Written with a clear ethical lens, the book asks a practical question beneath the technology: when a speaking mirror answers back, what do we surrender—and what must we reclaim?
Note: Some narratives are composite scenarios used to illustrate widely observed patterns in digital culture.
|