Check out the bot that can help you in your grieving process. Pepper the robot is a Japanese robot designed to “read your emotions” and chant some Buddhist sutras at funerals. Its intended purpose is to provide a cheaper alternative for the increasing costs of funeral services. But it won’t stop the black sheep of the family showing up trying to collect on the inheritance. Now the writer goes on a bit about how dumb the idea may be, I for one welcome our emotion understanding robot overlords.



Mechanically it’s no better than playing an MP3 of the sutras on repeat, though it’s a great deal more expensive.

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