AI as Campus Religion

University screenings and student‑club events are turning films and talks about advanced AI into ritualized, communal experiences that frame technological progress in quasi‑theological terms. Those events socialize students into accelerationist and religious metaphors for AI, normalizing belief structures that shape career choices and institutional responses. — If campuses become nodes that normalize religious or spiritual framings of AI, that will shape public attitudes, recruitment into alignment or acceleration careers, and how institutions govern AI risks.