Are AI Humanoid Robots Coming to Church?

Jun 3 (edited) • General

If you watch America's Got Talent, you may have caught the dancing robots that wowed both the judges and the crowd last night. They come from a company called Unitree.

It reminded me of a stay years ago at one of the first hotels in the country to use a simple delivery robot. You could call the front desk for snacks or supplies, and the little machine would roll right up to your door. That was close to a decade ago, so it's remarkable how far the technology has come since then.

Now imagine that same kind of robot rolling around your church lobby on a Sunday morning. It greets the kids as they arrive, learns their names, and challenges them with a question on the way in.

"Who spent three days inside a big fish?" or "Can you finish this verse with me?"

The ones who get it right light up, the ones who miss it want another shot next week, and suddenly scripture memory feels like a game they look forward to instead of homework.

Pair it with a real greeter at the door and you've got the best of both, a warm human welcome and a little spark of fun that sends kids running toward their classrooms.

𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆.

It's just a reminder of how quickly the world is moving, and a couple of questions worth sitting with.

On one side, which new tools actually make sense for spreading the message, the way the printing press, radio, and live streaming each did in their time?

And on the other, as those tools keep changing, what are the things we want to make sure never do?

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Are AI Humanoid Robots Coming to Church?