> Why are ostensibly religious people interested in replacing humans?

I’m not sure what you mean here. As far as I’m aware, “preventing humans being replaced with technology” is not a component of many religions.

Ok, then we could replace the boxers with robots, too. And perhaps the Saudi royals with an AI.

Have you watched Battlebots? It’s pretty entertaining.

The Saudis literally replaced human camel jockeys with robots.

https://www.npr.org/2007/05/22/10304576/robot-jockeys-give-c...

I don’t you your personal scale of religion ostensibility, but in mine USA is veryyyyy religious from the culture to the government and isn’t shy on AI.

The more you learn about someone the more the contradictions became parts of a complex logical scheme.

"ostensibly religious" means "religious on the surface", so I'm not sure what this comment addresses. Basic principles of the bible upheld by Jesus (turning over the tables of the money lenders etc.) are violated every day by "ostensibly religious" people.

If one is going to connect religion and "AI" a good point of intersection is idolatry [0]. Though whether the human embodies the divine is a further question.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry