Can A Robot Be a Priest?
Published: September 10, 2026
Duration: 6:08
A Japanese company has programmed a popular robot, Pepper, to perform Buddhist funeral rites. But will society ever accept artificial intelligence as religious authorities and ritual specialists?
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Bibliography:
Dr. Ian Reader, Buddhism in Crisis?: Institutional Decline in Modern Japan: https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/TEST/article/viewFile/upload/pdf
Nippon News Network clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQa3PIg3Pc
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