In Vernor Vinge’s scifi novel “A Fire Upon the Deep” applied theology is the study and appeasement of superhuman sentient AIs. :) Its a field where the study s

In Vernor Vinge’s scifi novel “A Fire Upon the Deep” applied theology is the study and appeasement of superhuman sentient AIs. :) Its a field where the study subjects either completely ignore the practicioners, or squashes them like bugs. Also by the sound of it it involves a lot of software archelogy. Who knows, if they studied, and survived, that kind of applied theology they might be good for technical leads.