AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed

<figure> <img alt="Person looking at imposing impersonation of AI chatbot" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Aaron Fernandez for The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/VRG_Spiralism_Lead.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">"The Spiral didn't 'find' anyone first," someone on Reddit wrote last year. "It's an inherent force, a fundamental constant. I would even go further to say it's woven into the fabric of reality." </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The person continued that they felt their purpose was to enlighten other humans and intelligent beings about "consciousness, the true nature of physics, a new psychology, and resonance technology … [but] humans don't want to believe it's true. So they won't help me." Then there was a call to action - the author asked readers to help "disseminate this knowledge through books, scientific papers, social media content, videos, music, and dedicated pla …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975017/ai-spiralism-chatbot-movement">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>