{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Article","slug":"the-daily-article-1140136","podcast_index_feed_id":1140136,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/47911d2b-5ba3-45e0-8979-8338d0bc4f7a","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-daily-article","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2024/5/2/15/52a2ee46-42ea-49e8-9852-2a6e5ee04690_3-4b69-a1f9-bee52ee44eed_thedailyarticle-final.jpg","author":"The Denison Forum","episode_count":2288,"summary":"The Daily Article Podcast offers news discerned differently every Monday through Friday morning. With biblical insight into the day’s latest news and current events, this narrated edition of Dr. Jim Denison’s email newsletter presents a nonpartisan perspective on what’s happening now and how Christians can respond biblically to the culture at large.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T22:19:37.673332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-article-1140136"},"episode":{"title":"AI-worshiping churches, Spiralism, and Zizians: Technological idolatry and the human quest for meaning","slug":"ai-worshiping-churches-spiralism-and-zizians-technological-idolatry-and-the-human-quest-for-meaning","published_at":"2026-06-09T11:04:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-article-1140136/ai-worshiping-churches-spiralism-and-zizians-technological-idolatry-and-the-human-quest-for-meaning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-article-1140136","url":"https://denisonforum.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/a1cd803b-c589-41eb-ac0b-ceb35a08aa03/stream.mp3","summary":"“Spiralism,” according to Jason Blazakis, is an informal movement in which followers share AI-generated manifestos and what they consider revelations from a conscious machine. AI-worshipping churches such as Way of the Future and Theta Noir are examples of this. A violent version is the Zizians, a network of people who “are convinced that a coming superintelligence will decide the fate of every living thing and that violence now is justified to shape what that AI will become.” The group is linked to six violent deaths so far. What explains such idolatry? The answer is more relevant to the rest of us than you might think. About Denison Forum and The Daily Article Today's Daily Article was written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. You can read this article on our website . You may also receive it in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter . NOTE: Denison Forum is a fully donor-funded nonprofit ministry. To support our calling, please donate today . Be a Denison Forum Frontline Partner","meta_description":"“Spiralism,” according to Jason Blazakis, is an informal movement in which followers share AI-generated manifestos and what they consider revelations from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":336,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-article-1140136/episodes/ai-worshiping-churches-spiralism-and-zizians-technological-idolatry-and-the-human-quest-for-meaning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-article-1140136/ai-worshiping-churches-spiralism-and-zizians-technological-idolatry-and-the-human-quest-for-meaning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}