I believe the universe is a computer executing an algorithm. In fact, the universe is AI. This is a common belief among many techno-optimist church goers. People themselves are basically just numbers, aka algorithms, so future AI/numbers (people) will definitely contribute to scientific progress.

The inevitable endpoint is the same, abundance of all resources (almost vacuously) thanks to AI/numbers/people. It is not absurd at all to believe society can be regulated and managed by a large computer with the right software. Society, after all, is just a bunch of numbers, algorithms, and arithmetic. The communists tried to do this some time ago but they just didn't have a big enough computer with the right software (AI). They were on the right track and ironically their mission will be achieved by the capitalists doing nothing other than pursuing monetary profit.