Robot sAInts: Questioning the Evolving Boundaries Of AI-Generated Religious Images
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In medieval Spain, mechanically animated religious statues blurred the line between representation and presence, as believers attributed miracles to automata. Today, AI-generated religious images pose similar challenges. This essay examines how anthropomorphism-the tendency to assign agency to non-human entities-shapes engagement with AI in religious settings. It argues that as AI religious images develop, they will push the boundaries of theology and religious freedom laws in new and unexpected ways. Exploring these issues highlights critical questions that religious communities and legal scholars must face as AI redefines the contours of religion.
Author: Kristina Arriaga
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4413986125