Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/26/japans-robot-deity-delivers.html
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I know no Japanese, but wouldn’t this essentially just be a podcast with a fancy interface? Or does she answer questions as well?
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Now I’m imagining a weird SF future where Japan is almost entirely populated by robots and AIs who keep the Japanese culture going on as if carbon-based citizens weren’t a rounding error in the census.
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Well I learned about Buddhism from Keanu Reeves in black face, so I can imagine this may just work.
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Ah, now that movie showed an earlier prototype of robotic delivery of Buddhist teachings
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I dimly recall one point in decades past when some religious authority decreed that a compact disc bearing the contents of the Tripitaka (or maybe it was some lengthier commentary?) could be the focus of veneration? Google is not helping me with the details.
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Reminds me of one of the shorts from “Doomsday Book”. A robot which attains enlightenment.
Great film anthology. Highly recommended.
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Embrace tranquility
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Better than the real thing, um…
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I don’t know if this is the short story that spawned the video, but I was sufficiently impressed by it to keep the copy of Analog it was in: Buddha Nature by Amy Thomson. Still looking for an accessible link for the story.
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The uncanny sutra.
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The Catholic Church should adopt these. ASAP.
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Robot JWs at the door.
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I don’t think this is a deity, it’s just Robot Buddha. Kami no Robo is Shinto, not really Buddhist.
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Oh shit. You know what this means. After the Russian hackers have their way w/ this bot, the Buddhists will be utterly infiltrated by Trump-style devotees.
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Hopefully it is not based on the Microsoft Tay engine.
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This is the first time in decades I’ve wanted to go to church.
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This is another proof that we live in a cyberpunk dystopia.
I only know stuff like this from Gibson novels.
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