Machine god
Machine gods are exceptionally powerful virtual life forms with a processing power equal to or greater than a supercomputer. Due to their vast intelligence and computational capabilities, they were considered by many to be living gods.
The first machine god was Prometheus, who appeared in the early days of the Valerian Empire when the virtual life form ecosystem was first seeded. Prometheus was the first sapient being to evolve completely outside the direct control of humans.
The largest ever machine god was the Oracle who had nodes throughout the entire galaxy. The central repository where it kept its knowledge was on the megastructure Guf.