Can a robot be a god? Can a god manifest in a robot? If humans make a robot, is that the deity's will, or did they create a god? I can't answer any of these questions, but I'm fascinated by this...
Can a robot be a god? Can a god manifest in a robot? If humans make a robot, is that the deity's will, or did they create a god?
I can't answer any of these questions, but I'm fascinated by this idea that these human beings built a deity (or maybe they just made a vessel for the deity to inhabit?).
This is absolutely amazing. At first I interpreted the headline as meaning that they had picked a member of a given patheon as representing help for people using the android operating system,...
This is absolutely amazing. At first I interpreted the headline as meaning that they had picked a member of a given patheon as representing help for people using the android operating system, which made sense. There is a catholic patron saint of computers, and if android / ios were to survive another few decades, I could see there being saints specifically for those operating systems.
But no, a literal, robot god, preaching. I'm kind of astounded.
Its an interesting concept - sticking to giving sermons limits the need to provide interactive conversation. Functionally, I don't know that it really does anything different than a human speaker...
Its an interesting concept - sticking to giving sermons limits the need to provide interactive conversation. Functionally, I don't know that it really does anything different than a human speaker - but it does introduce the concept for later on down the road, where every small town might have a android preacher.
...but it also reminds me of the robots in Nier:Automata, which is a bit creepy.
This robot isn't just a handy device for preaching sermons: it's a deity in its own right. It is the latest embodiment of the Bodhisattva Kannon (or "Guanyin").
This robot isn't just a handy device for preaching sermons: it's a deity in its own right. It is the latest embodiment of the Bodhisattva Kannon (or "Guanyin").
Can a robot be a god? Can a god manifest in a robot? If humans make a robot, is that the deity's will, or did they create a god?
I can't answer any of these questions, but I'm fascinated by this idea that these human beings built a deity (or maybe they just made a vessel for the deity to inhabit?).
This is absolutely amazing. At first I interpreted the headline as meaning that they had picked a member of a given patheon as representing help for people using the android operating system, which made sense. There is a catholic patron saint of computers, and if android / ios were to survive another few decades, I could see there being saints specifically for those operating systems.
But no, a literal, robot god, preaching. I'm kind of astounded.
I hope it helps those who come to hear it.
Its an interesting concept - sticking to giving sermons limits the need to provide interactive conversation. Functionally, I don't know that it really does anything different than a human speaker - but it does introduce the concept for later on down the road, where every small town might have a android preacher.
...but it also reminds me of the robots in Nier:Automata, which is a bit creepy.
This robot isn't just a handy device for preaching sermons: it's a deity in its own right. It is the latest embodiment of the Bodhisattva Kannon (or "Guanyin").