Decline of religion

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Japan is running out of monks, so they're training AI robots called "buddharoid" to replace them:

Japan is currently grappling with depopulation and a decline in religious affiliation, which has accelerated the closure of traditional places of worship; approximately 30% of Buddhist temples in Japan are projected to vanish by 2040 as younger generations move away from organized religion. This crisis is compounded by an aging population, making it increasingly difficult for rural temples to find successors or maintain a physical presence.  

The Buddharoid is designed to support the Buddhist clergy as Japan’s religious infrastructure faces a steady decline. It utilizes a system called BuddhaBot-Plus, a specialized generative AI derived from OpenAI’s ChatGPT that has been trained extensively on sacred Buddhist scriptures. This allows the robot to provide spiritual guidance on personal and social issues, like a real monk would.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertain...uddharoid/

Well, that just reeks of desperation.

Boru

[Paleophyte]

Japan is running out of monks, so they're training AI robots called "buddharoid" to replace them:

Japan is currently grappling with depopulation and a decline in religious affiliation, which has accelerated the closure of traditional places of worship; approximately 30% of Buddhist temples in Japan are projected to vanish by 2040 as younger generations move away from organized religion. This crisis is compounded by an aging population, making it increasingly difficult for rural temples to find successors or maintain a physical presence.  

The Buddharoid is designed to support the Buddhist clergy as Japan’s religious infrastructure faces a steady decline. It utilizes a system called BuddhaBot-Plus, a specialized generative AI derived from OpenAI’s ChatGPT that has been trained extensively on sacred Buddhist scriptures. This allows the robot to provide spiritual guidance on personal and social issues, like a real monk would.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertain...uddharoid/

If AI ever becomes fully aware, we're so very fucked on so very many levels.