[krapp]

>they let techie atheists ponder religious concepts like omnipotence and god without admitting to themselves that that's what they're doing

There's a reason the singularity has been called "the rapture for nerds" since forever. Beliefs about runaway AGI (in particular the assumption that it would have nigh godlike powers,) along with a lot of UFO culture and belief in simulation theory are literally just religion with the serial numbers filed off.