BlessU-2, robot priest, Evangelical Church, Hesse and Nassau, Germany

An Experiment: The Blessing Robot is part of the presentation "Moments of Blessing" at Wittenberg near the "Lightchurch". It provokes diskussions about the meaning of blessings in a modern world, the challenges for the church an the future of digitalization.

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Would you be satisfied with a blessing from a robotic priest? What if it spoke 4 different languages and could print out the blessing for you? Is this too far, or just the commentary needed? Kim breaks it down.

"Would you believe in a blessing from a robot priest?
The Guardian is raising the question with a story about a robot priest in Wittenberg, Germany. The robot, aptly named BlessU-2, provides blessings in five languages and recite biblical verses, according to the Guardian’s report. It isn’t being implemented as a replacement for priests yet, but in the very town where Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation 400 years ago, his mechanical successor is meant to provoke discussion about whether machines have a place within the clergy."

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