Robbie the Pulpit Robot

"I found that modern-day parents were apathetic about Christianity," explained the 38-year-old minister. "Clearly an idea was needed to bridge the gap—and I thought of a robot."

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Pittsburgh Press - Aug 23, 1973

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 02, 2022
Category: Religion | AI, Robots and Other Automatons | 1970s

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Those kids probably figured out in five minutes how to hack the robot to make it say dirty words and phrases like “Hail Satan!”

Posted by Brian on 03/02/22 at 12:50 PM

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