DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane REVERAND ROB - ROBO PREACHER Source: Stock & Kodai-ji Temple's Mindar We are living at a time when AI robots are replacing surgeons, professors at Harvard, airline pilots, drivers and more -- new research asks could they replace human preachers with Reverand Rob, the Robo Preacher? It's being tried: In Kyoto, Japan at the 400-year-old Kodai-ji Temple a robot priest named Mindar is on duty Mindar is designed to resemble the Buddist goddess of mercy and provides sermons on the teachings of Budda, which are very well attended But new research has found that it is not so easy to replace ministers, priests and rabbis with AI robots While the AI robot preachers are very capable, they lack credibility Researchers from the University of Chicago an