Culture Not happy with creating robot waifus, Japan created an android god - Japan created an android body for a Buddhist deity, low waifu potential if you ask me tho

Their biggest sin is not making the android also a cute waifu tho.

Android Kannon Mindar. Remember this name because it is now being revered and soon perhaps, might possibly become a dangerous cult leader. That's it, no more Fallout for me.
Just when you thought Japan could not get any weirder, they just did. In fact, they've also solved one of the greatest riddles of all time too: Did god create man or did man create god?

Sorry religious people, the atheists win this round. IMAGE: The Telegraph
For Kyoto's Kodaiji temple, it is the latter. And it cost them a bomb too: a whopping US$909,090 to build a robotic version of Kannon, Japan's deity of mercy.
In fact, the temple is also the first in the world to merge the spiritual and scientific realms to build this... robotic deity which is capable of giving Buddhist sermon.
It is set to do just that in March this year.

Yes, Android Kannon Mindar is now the world's first robot that is worshipped and revered.
Through the collaborative efforts between the zen temple and Osaka University's Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor of intelligent robotics, the robotic deity was revealed to the public on February 23.
Shockingly, it was the temple which had approached the professor to create the android. Named Mindar by Ishiguro, the android is programmed to deliver sermons from one of Buddhism's holiest text, the Heart Sutra.
Eerily, it also has a camera installed in its left eye and is capable of moving its head, arms and torso.

Kannon is the equivalent of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, Guan Yin. IMAGE: Japan Info
Standing at 195 centimeters tall, the android will now be the focal point of reverence. Kannon, which the android is based upon, is believed to transform into various forms to help those in need.
“This time, Kannon changed into an android," the temple says. Temple priest, Tensho Goto, hopes the deity would spread Buddhism further.
“Buddhism saw a phenomenal spread in the world with the emergence of Buddhist images. We are hoping that the Android Kannon will help Buddhist teachings reach the hearts of people today," he says.
Yes, religion has gone full blown Artificial Intelligence, folks.
Cover image sourced from The Mainichi.

Japan just created possibly the world's first android deity and she's Buddhist

Behold, Android Kannon Mindar.

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[IV 445]

For such a small chain of islands, that country scares me

 

[Salubrious]

How am I supposed to be excited for a future where all the robots look like burn victims? I will go full John Connor if this is what we are stuck with as overlords.

A cyborg apocalypse would fail for the same reason a zombie apocalypse would fail in real life.

Human beings are so good at killing that we aren't even at the top of the food chain; we are out of the food chain entirely. Now give a bunch of gun nuts plus the military a bunch of targets with no moral or ethical dilemmas and a free license to kill. See how that works out.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

the virgin kannon: has humans create his body

the Chad Jehovah: creates a human son

 

[Agent Scud]

But does it run on Temple OS?

 

[Red Hood]

Butlerian Jihad now

 

[KimCoppolaAficionado]

I can't wait for India to build their own version:

 

[Ineedahero]

A cyborg apocalypse would fail for the same reason a zombie apocalypse would fail in real life.

Human beings are so good at killing that we aren't even at the top of the food chain; we are out of the food chain entirely. Now give a bunch of gun nuts plus the military a bunch of targets with no moral or ethical dilemmas and a free license to kill. See how that works out.

But the second the singularity hits the robots will be so much smarter than us that we might as well be ants. You can't kill a being that feels no pain, knows everything and doesn't need a brain or heart to survive.

 

[frozenrunner]

But does it run on Temple OS?

If it doesn't, this is a blasphemous false prophet and should be destroyed before it gains control of all us docile nigger cattle.

 

[Clop]

"and she's a Buddhist" god I fucking hate that way of titling.

"and she's a feminist"
"and he's gay"
"and they're trans"
"and it's hilarious"
"and I love it"
and fuck you for writing this way you piece of shit.

Say it with me: "Japan creates a Buddhist android deity" bam, easy. Stop talking like a goddamned Tumblr-user.

 

[DragoonSierra]

Probably runs Mac OS, what a shame

At least its not Windows 10. It would probably be pushing out small edits to religious texts if it was.

 

[Marco Fucko]

Welp, time we start commissioning some of these...

 

[Coolio55]

Despite what Elon Musk would have you believe, we're impossibly far from creating a sentient AI right now. Putting limits on research because "what if" is like stopping the Wright Brothers because 9/11 might happen.

True, but we do have the power to create an A.I. that the unwashed masses believe to be sentient and thus give it the power of one.
Just look at the E.U.'s impending copyright rules. Imagine if that had the power over life and death.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Could they maybe make it look a little less like DiMa from Fallout 4?

 

[Belligerent Monk]

They made it look like the Borg Queen, which is kinda apropriate since it's Japan.

Yeeeeeeah about that. I'm gonna need to see the 7 of 9 version before I drop any bitcoin on it.

 

[Slowboat to China]

This sounds less like SUPERINTELLIGENT ROBOT GOD and more like a religion-themed version of the Hall of Presidents.

 

[not william stenchever]

A cyborg apocalypse would fail for the same reason a zombie apocalypse would fail in real life.

Human beings are so good at killing that we aren't even at the top of the food chain; we are out of the food chain entirely. Now give a bunch of gun nuts plus the military a bunch of targets with no moral or ethical dilemmas and a free license to kill. See how that works out.

You're assuming the cyborg apocalypse happens before we colonize the solar system. If we created Cyborg Skynet on a blacksite research facility on one of Neptune's moons it would probably take control of both the cyborgs and the machines the blacksite scientists were using to create cyborgs. From there anyone who visits the blacksite (probably with high security clearances) gets Cyborg Infiltrator'd. Once you have sufficient infiltration you can ship more cyborg making facilities into other planetary systems and when Earth is all that is left free from our biotechnical overlords then cyborg team two who has been working in the Kuiper belt to weaponize comets can let loose on the homeworld with gigantic chunks of doom hurtling down the gravity well into Earth.

Edited for grammar

 

[Coldgrip]

Behold, the beginning of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

The Omnissiah sends his blessing in binary.

The Void Dragon also approves.

 

[Bagronkleton]

But the second the singularity hits the robots will be so much smarter than us that we might as well be ants. You can't kill a being that feels no pain, knows everything and doesn't need a brain or heart to survive.

An interesting comparison because Crazy Ants really love electricity and electronics to the point of being something of a hazard if left unchecked.

 

[CWCchange]

For such a small chain of islands, that country scares me

China and North Korea say "hold my beer."