Apocalyptic AI and digital religions

religion meets robotics,  artificial intelligence, and video games --
mind uploading, the Singularity, intelligent machines, World of Warcraft,
and Second Life
Dr. Robert M Geraci
 Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Manhattan College
robert.geraci (at) manhattan.edu
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(selected publications)

° Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. New York: Oxford University Press (2010).

° "Apocalyptic AI: Religion and the
Promise of Artificial Intelligence."
Journal of the American Academy
of Religion 76:1 (2008)

° "Cultural Prestige: Popular Science
Robotics as Religion-Science Hybrd."
Reconfigurations: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Religion in a Post-
Secular Society (2007)

°  "Robots and the Sacred in Science and Science Fiction:Theological Implications of Artificial Intelligence." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 42: 4 (2007)