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  • Technology Studies
  • Religious Studies

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  • Global religiosity is declining, marking a significant societal shift.
  • Secularization trends are observed globally, though unevenly distributed.
  • Previous theories on religious decline lack comprehensive explanations for modern trends.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of automation, specifically robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), in contemporary religious decline.
  • To provide a data-driven explanation for the observed secularization trends.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of four unique datasets encompassing over 3 million individuals.
  • Analysis of the correlation between exposure to robotics and AI and religious decline across national, regional, and individual levels.
  • Statistical controls for technological developments, socioeconomic indicators, and established theories of religious decline.
  • An experimental validation of the proposed hypotheses.

Main Results:

  • Exposure to robotics and AI is significantly linked to 21st-century religious declines.
  • This association persists across diverse geographical scales (nations, metropolitan regions) and individual levels.
  • Findings remain robust after controlling for various confounding factors, including other technologies, socioeconomic status, and individual choice norms.

Conclusions:

  • Automation, driven by advancements in robotics and AI, is a contributing factor to modern religious decline.
  • The study offers a novel explanation for secularization trends.
  • Future research can utilize these findings to predict areas of potential future religious decline.