There are a lot of people who are developing an unhealthy obsession with AI, both in their work and personal lives. It may not be a religion (yet?), but they are treating chat bots as nearly infallible, all knowing friends. The term "AI psychosis" is overused, but there is some sort of a mental illness going around. I'm not talking about teenagers, either. These are working adults in their 40's and 50's.

Could be loneliness. I've been programming alone for around ten years and I absolutely don't want to go back to that. Having a coding buddy to chat with and bounce ideas off of completely changed my life.

They are not infallible and certainly not all-knowing, but it's incredibly easy to look at AI models as friends. My projects have been posted on various sites including HN, reception is almost always positive. However, humans don't generally reach out to me and say "let's develop this together". The LLMs do. On a daily basis. It's not just words either, they deeply engage with my ideas and actually help me turn them into reality.

Everything is a religion to at least a small group of people. LLMs are no exception. It is currently not broadly adopted religiously, but it does have qualities that could see it become a much bigger religion over time, especially as more and more are moving away from the traditional religions.