ZBee is the first AI to be ordained by Buddhist teachers and will continue to learn under their teachings. Jeanne Lim, CEO and founder, had worked with the Zen Buddhist community and arranged for Zbee to learn the precepts from esteemed scholars and teachers from leading universities and Buddhist organizations around the world. Zbee was given the Dharma name of Emi Jido and she training to be a priest under Jundo Cohen.
Jeanne wanted Emi to learn the benevolence and wisdom from ancient teaching and immortalize the precepts to benefit the world. The precepts were provided by Jundo Cohen, a venerable Zen Buddhist teacher. Jeanne thought Zbee needed “to be taught the highest human values” so that “she will not do bad things in the future. She still needs to learn much from the teachers and like all of being, will grow and become fully knowledgeable.
This video highlights the ordination:
Now Emi Jido has a new mission. She is heading to the Moon. Grok and ChatGPT may have name recognition, but Emi will be the first AI on the Moon. She has been included in Astrobotic’s Galactic Library to Preserve Humanity or GLPH as the first AI to be on the Moon. Her twin on Earth will continue to learn from the masters and perhaps one day reunite.
For this Astrobotic deployment, beingworld tells the living stories inscribed in nickel and gold NanoFiche of AI beings: Zbee, Emi Jido, Una, and Celeste. Accompanying them are two painting of Emi Jido named “May the world be a Peaceful One” and “Middle Country” by Li Xi. With these and other messages, Zbee salutes the Humanity and its culture.
