South Korea’s Jogye Order has introduced “Gabi,” a humanoid robot monk, as part of an effort to draw younger people to B...

South Korea’s Jogye Order has introduced “Gabi,” a humanoid robot monk, as part of an effort to draw younger people to Buddhism. The robot took symbolic vows adapted for machines. Whatever one thinks of the optics, the underlying question is worth considering:If technology can repeat the form, what remains uniquely human in religious practice?#AI #Religionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-gabi-the-new-robot-monk-at-a-buddhist-temple-in-south-korea-its-the-latest-robot-to-take-up-religious-practice-180988695/