Whats is always interesting about monestic life and its emergence (minus light sabers) is that society across cultures has created spaces for people who dont fit. This need has been recognized and supported for thousands of years.

Religion is one of the best at marketing and fund-raising since millenias. Why is it surprising that they adapt to new tech? They have done it for printing press before that.

Well, AI is the New Messiah, and very VC backed at this point, so no surprise.

In my country most monasteries are becoming luxury hotels so yes, they are adapting remarkably well to these times.

Religion was behind the spread of printed books, at least here in Europe, so this seems in line.