Dataism: A new religion?

 

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Authors: Meza Rueda, José Luis, López Saavedra, Camilo Alfonso
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2026
Description:Dataism, as an ideology, redefines human beings, society, nature, and God. The article analyzes its foundations in Big Data and the Internet of Things, along with the algorithms involved in decision-making and the “datafication” of life. It then examines its religious characteristics, considering narrative, doctrinal, ritual, experiential, ethical, social, and material dimensions. Finally, it identifies certain anthropological risks (the reduction of humans to algorithmic nodes), soteriological risks (the denial of spiritual transcendence), and moral risks (the subordination of consciousness to AI), questioning the neutrality of data and the underlying market logic.
Country:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/22478
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/siwo/article/view/22478
Keyword:dataism
transhumanism
infocracy
religious anthropology
artificial intelligence
dataísmo
transhumanismo
infocracia
antropología religiosa
inteligencia artificial
dataismo
antropologia da religião
inteligência artificial