Worshippers at a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, are read sermons and Buddhist scriptures by a robot modeled after the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kannon. Inside Kodaiji Temple is a 6-foot-4-inch and ...
The Rev. Bob Oshita videos his congregation during a farewell song to him and his wife, Patti Oshita. The couple are retiring after 32 years at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento on Sunday, May 29, ...
You can hear a sermon about the Heart Sutra at almost any Buddhist temple. But at one house of worship in Japan, it's delivered by a robot. Mindar, a 6-foot-tall, gender-neutral android modeled after ...
In what is a sign of things to come, there is now a robot preaching sermons at a Japanese temple. Japan has always been two steps ahead the rest of the world in terms of incorporating technology in ...
As artificial intelligence expands across more professions, robot preachers and AI programs offer new means of sharing religious beliefs, but they may undermine credibility and reduce donations for ...
A Dutch tourist has been sentenced to three months in prison in Myanmar, but not for theft, assault or any other serious crime. According to the Associated Press, 30-year-old Klaas Haytema received ...
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