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The temple appears to be a Tendai-shu temple in Kyoto.
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Frankly, looking at the robot's way of speaking, Rev. Emi is still a better, more fluid conversationalist.
Gassho, J
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Longer version with (poor AI created) English subtitles available:
The temple appears to be a Tendai-shu temple in Kyoto.
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A research team from [Kyoto] university, in collaboration with the tech ventures Teraverse and XNOVA, recently unveiled a new AI-integrated robot monk — the Buddharoid — at the Shoren-in temple in Kyoto.
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.
Beyond its conversational capabilities, the Buddharoid uses hardware — developed by China’s Unitree Robotics — to mimic the specific movements of a monk, including a slow gait, bowing and the gassho gesture of placing palms together in prayer.
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.
Beyond its conversational capabilities, the Buddharoid uses hardware — developed by China’s Unitree Robotics — to mimic the specific movements of a monk, including a slow gait, bowing and the gassho gesture of placing palms together in prayer.
Frankly, looking at the robot's way of speaking, Rev. Emi is still a better, more fluid conversationalist.
Gassho, J
stlah
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