As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, some technologists describe it in almost theological terms—superintelligence, omniscience, even digital immortality. Dr. Ananya Rao, a philosopher of religion, argues that this rhetoric revives ancient patterns of idolatry and misplaced transcendence. Dr. Caleb Whitaker, a philosopher of science, contends that AI remains a finite tool—and that the real danger lies not in code, but in human overreach.
