Can a machine offer spiritual guidance, or only imitate the sacred?
Across the world, AI is entering one of humanity’s oldest and most intimate spaces: faith.
Robot monks chant scripture in Japan.
AI priests deliver blessings in Europe.
Chatbots interpret sacred texts, guide meditation, and even facilitate prayer.
For many people, AI has quietly become a source of comfort, counsel, and meaning.
But that raises a deeper question:
When machines enter the sacred… what remains uniquely human?
In this episode of Decoded: AI for Everyone, we explore the emerging frontier where belief, identity, ritual, psychology, and artificial intelligence intersect.
We examine why people turn to AI for spiritual guidance, how AI can simulate wisdom without experiencing it, and the risks of synthetic authority in spaces built on trust, vulnerability, and tradition.
In this episode:
Because belief is human.
Meaning is human.
And the sacred is something AI can describe, but never inhabit.
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