Buddhism meets new audience through AI chatbot


The man behind the AI creation is Kim Young-chan, a 26-year-old Buddhist. - The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL: Buddhism is doing all it can to make itself more relatable and relevant. An AI chatbot that reads Buddhist scriptures and gives answers to whatever questions users enter is the latest effort by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism to reach the nonreligious.

The man behind this artificial technology creation is Kim Young-chan, a 26-year-old Buddhist, who landed a job as a public relations counsellor for Korea’s largest Buddhist sect in June, four months after graduating from college.

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