When Silicon Valley Seeks the Sacred

In an editorial published in The New York Times‘ “Turning Points” series, Commissioner Alaa Murabit discusses the recent Vatican’s Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the tendency for people to gravitate towards faith, no matter how advanced technology gets. She notes that even executives from Google and Meta sat with the priests at the conference, indicating that even they are “looking for meaning.” Murabit shares her own relationship with faith communities, drawing on examples of people relying on faith during crisis worldwide. Coining the term “sacred scaffolding,” she argues that faith communities provide meaning, obligation, and presence when other systems fail.

Read the full article, originally published on December 9, 2025.

Read the full article, originally published on November 17, 20