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The Robot Priest
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(02-10-2024, 10:39 PM)Byrd Wrote: [clipped to save space]

You make a strong and salient point.  There is quite a difference between how people react to this kind of thing... and it seems well-demonstrated by the manner of 'reporting' between your source materials.  On the one hand, I would like to remain 'clinically detached' when discussing the disconnect between the use of a language synthesis model in a mechanical avatar, and the generally spiritual intent of its sponsor.  It's a rough gig.  Clearly some would have an almost Victorian prejudice against a "machine man" expounding on what some might consider a matter of 'faith' (I grant you Buddhism is not really a 'religion' as I understand it, but I hope you get my gist.)  Others who have been drilled with acquiescence toward the application of new technology might simply adopt a "wait and see" approach. 
 
I noticed the Eastern culture reporting opens with a narrative which seems to invite the information with patient grace, while the Western reporting seems to be a sounding of alarm, almost invoking distress.  Presumably, we might be a bit less surprised that some casual information consumers are going to resonate with the manner of delivery of the news they receive.  It's telling really, in my opinion.

I still marvel at the misapprehensions about these things.  For now, it is a device.  And one can only hope that it is clear the actual 'object' is not some kind of Boddhisattva evolved as a living machine... it is just a 'product' of human enterprise.  Sadly, I can envision the possibility that some might want to romanticize the thing... (meaning Hollywood, marketeers, and other for-profit proselytizers and their ilk.)  That cannot be a good thing, in and of itself.

I think there is a connected discussion available here about juxtaposition of this technology, and the manner in which we decide to implement it... but I respect the thread topic as it is... and I really don't want to dilute the discussion.
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The Robot Priest - by Byrd - 02-10-2024, 10:39 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by DontTreadOnMe - 02-11-2024, 12:12 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Maxmars - 02-11-2024, 12:48 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by FlyersFan - 02-11-2024, 06:34 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by sprocketuk - 02-11-2024, 07:03 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by DISRAELI - 02-11-2024, 07:15 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by argentus - 02-11-2024, 12:15 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by ArMaP - 02-11-2024, 12:20 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Wave - 02-12-2024, 12:37 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Byrd - 02-13-2024, 12:57 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Wave - 02-13-2024, 07:50 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by sprocketuk - 02-14-2024, 05:16 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by loam - 02-14-2024, 03:50 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by sprocketuk - 02-15-2024, 04:32 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by loam - 02-16-2024, 04:30 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Byrd - 02-16-2024, 11:06 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by ArMaP - 02-17-2024, 10:34 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by loam - 02-20-2024, 03:45 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Kurokage - 02-15-2024, 10:40 AM
RE: The Robot Priest - by TheRedneck - 02-26-2024, 01:44 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by argentus - 02-26-2024, 04:27 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Maxmars - 02-26-2024, 05:31 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Byrd - 02-27-2024, 04:45 PM
RE: The Robot Priest - by Nugget - 02-27-2024, 07:15 PM

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