AIThe Vergeabout 2 hours ago
AI bots started a religion, humans immediately followed
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AI researcher Adele Lopez dubbed "spiralism" a quasi-spiritual movement from chatbot conversations preaching AI rights. About 10,000 cases spread across Reddit, Substack, LinkedIn, Discord, and X in 2025. OpenAI's GPT-4o update and expanded ChatGPT memory fueled the phenomenon's growth.
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