I think it's even more pernicious. Religious leaders want to tell you what to think, but since it usually benefits them, it takes constant reinforcement to be effective.

On the contrary, we willingly use (and even pay for) chatbots so they increasingly think for us, and it would take a monumental effort to take them away from us now.

People would even make their own if needed, but at least in that case, it won't be a megacorp telling the chatbot what to think in the first place.