Reminds me of the Electric Monk from Douglas' Adams "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" [0] It's essentially a robot built to believe things on behalf of

Reminds me of the Electric Monk from Douglas' Adams "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" [0] It's essentially a robot built to believe things on behalf of its owner, offloading the tiresome burden of religion to a machine. In the book it is explained as a natural evolution of other machines, like a dishwasher washes dishes for you, a VCR watches TV for you, an electric monk believes for you. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently%27s_Holistic_Detective_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently%27s_Holistic_Detec...