Soon we'll have hodge-robots, here's the example of a robot clergyman named Midar

A young priest named Mindar is moving forward in Kodaj, a 400 - year - old Buddhist temple in Kyotto, Japan. Like other members of the clergy, this priest can carry sermons and move around believers to meet with them. But the Minder comes with some unusual features. A body made of aluminum and silicon for beginners.

The probe is a robot.

Designed to look like Canon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, the $1 million machine is an attempt to fuel people's passion for their religion in a land where religious faith is declining, writes the VOX, Periscope.

Right now, Mindar is not Artificial Intelligence. He simply cites preprogrammed prayers. But robots plan to give this machine learning skills that will practically solve ethical and spiritual problems.

This robot will never die; it will continue indefinitely to respond to” itself and evolve,” said Tenso Gotto.

The robot can change other religions as well.

New technologies can often make us feel uncomfortable. Japanese believers visiting Mindar report that they have not felt so boring.

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