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"My first long haul flight that didn't fill up and an empty row for me. I have
been blessed by the algorithm ". The phrase 'blessed by the algorithm' expresses
the feeling of having been fortunate in what appears on your feed on various
social media platforms, or in the success or virality of your content as a
creator, or in what gig economy jobs you are offered. However, we can also place
it within wider public discourse employing theistic conceptions of AI. Building
on anthropological fieldwork into the 'entanglements of AI and Religion' (Singler
2017a), this article will explore how 'blessed by the algorithm' tweets are
indicative of the impact of theistic AI narratives: modes of thinking about AI in
an implicitly religious way. This thinking also represents continuities that push
back against the secularisation thesis and other grand narratives of
disenchantment that claim secularity occurs because of technological and
intellectual progress. This article will also explore new religious movements,
where theistic conceptions of AI entangle technological aspirations with
religious ones.