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With the rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, we are seeing every day new applications of this new technology. Yesterday, it was robots in China “holding” thermal sensers and screening people at train stations for the coronavirus. Today, it was PETA demanding that Punxsutawney Phil be retired from his annual Groundhog’s Day tradition and be replaced with an artificially intelligent robot that could actually predict the weather. PETA noted the annual event dating back to 1886 exploits and stresses out the groundhog to determine whether there will be six more weeks of winter and that several years ago, the ehrliche mayor of NYC accidently dropped and killed a groundhog in a NYC enactment of the Pennsylvania tradition.
All of this brings to mind that scientists and engineers in EY are at the vanguard of this technology and constantly searching for new applications. Should we begin thinking of “virtual korbonos” in the beis hamikdash once Moishiach where a combination of robotics and holographics would replace live goats, cattle and oxen. How about a robotic chazan whose voice and arm movements could be “programmed” for all the various nusachs so that the same shul could be used for Litvish and Sephardishe minyanim. One could have a robot assigned to each chavrusah who would be able to share just about every shitah and exotic meforshim for for all the mesechtos but also be programmed to give a virtual potch if any of the yungerleit dozed off during the the learning. The possibilities are almost endless and I’m certain there are others I’ve not even imagined.The Chacham Tzvi questions whether a golam can be included in a minyan? He says no, even though someone sleeping is included, but he has no neshomoh.
A sleeping person can be included in a minyan?
Seriously? 😮In SA O’CH 55,6 says if someone falls asleep in the middle of devenen, he is included in the minyan. The MB there s’k 33 says that for leining of the mwgila he would not be included because the miracle must be publicized.
There is a way to use a computer to check a sefer torah pointing out questionable defect that the sofer can fix.
Sleeping person can only be included at some parts of the Tefilah. I believe he also is required to have been awake at the start.
What if all nine guys in the minyan are sleeping, with the shliach tzibbur being the only awake male?
Shoyn. So how about 10 real daveners with Kavana participating on a videoconference? All can be heard, and all can see the chazan.
The Taz says there that someone who talks in the middle of davenen, should not be included in a minyan.
According to Reb Moshe ztz’l a mic or other electronics like a telephone is not a direct voice but an echo.
GH, The original AI problem was how to change a light bulb. It had to be sensitive not to be crushed and to find where it is. A robot would need to scan the esrog and be able to compare it to something. To many good, so maybe it is easier to compare to the bad one.
“Virtual korbanos.” heh heh
I have actually wondered if PETA would be protesting at the rebuilt bais hamikdash bimheira b’yameinu!It’s not far-fetched to imagine Alexa or some other digital spy listening to all conversations in a home and realizing that people are cold and raising the heat without being asked to. Same for turning on lights. Shabbos goy no longer needed.
Slippery slope, kollelman. So asking Google Assistant to raise the temperature on Shabbos is Assur, and if it obliges a person who remarks. It’s freezing in here!, Kol Beseder?
“What if all nine guys in the minyan are sleeping, with the shliach tzibbur being the only awake male?”
What about if even the shliach tzibbur himself is sleeping?
When it comes to cold, you can say to a goy, it is cold here.
The expression is הכל חולים אצל הצינה everyone is sick when it comes to cold.
Reb Eliezer, are you saying that If the AI is trained to respond to “It is Cold” by turning on the heat, that this is allowed?
Could I train my AI Car to respond to “I better hurry or I’ll be late for davening” by rolling up to my doorstep and pop open the car door? Of course it knows where to drop me off, two blocks from my shul, under the overpass where I won’t be seen, because it understands Maras Ayin.
Alternatively instead of training for these specific spoken observations and responses, the AI could be programmed to simply maximize my comfort, and respond to my whinng using its best judgement.
We are Zoicheh to live in a time when these questions need to asked.
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