There's the common, and IMO boring, sociological take on AI/Singularity vs. religion: humans are so infantile they prefer to worship advanced technology than to

There's the common, and IMO boring, sociological take on AI/Singularity vs. religion: humans are so infantile they prefer to worship advanced technology than to understand it. I.e.: we turn anything too difficult into religion. Then there's the more interesting, speculative take: sufficiently advanced systems acquire properties associated with deities, such us being everpresent, acting in mysterious way, and seemingly omnipotent or at least omniscient in limited domains. Related, per Arthur C. Clarke, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". I.e. we turn things into religion when it's pragmatic. Then there's the more speculative fiction take: maybe it's not the first time humanity has been there, maybe propensity for religious practice and thinking is a consequence of humanity's previous, otherwise forgotten, dealings with advanced technology :).