
Religion and Robots and AI…Oh My!
How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality
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Technology has been creeping into religions for longer than you might think. In 2007, a humanoid robot called Mindar began offering Buddhist wisdom in a 400-year-old temple in Japan. A robot named Santo is helping Catholics in Poland pray during the pandemic. On this episode, we'll talk to MIT professor Cynthia Brazil about social robotics and a friendly little robot named NEXI.
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