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Will the future of spirituality include artificial intelligence and virtual worship?
Easter, Passover, Holi, and Ramadan were just a few of the religious milestones that used virtual tools during the pandemic to replace traditional observation. The intersection of technology and spirituality is coming much faster than many expected. In the 1983 Star Wars film Return of the Jedi, artificially intelligent android C3P0 finds out what it's like to become the subject of worship. "They think I'm some sort of God," he said, as fuzzy creatures hover around him chanting in prayer. But the intersection of machines and religion is happening in real life.