Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Steps towards Android Intelligence
- Part I Religions and AI
- 3 Hinduism and Artificial Intelligence
- 4 The Buddha in AI/Robotics
- 5 Artificial Intelligence and Jewish Thought
- 6 Artificial Intelligence and Christianity
- 7 Islam and Artificial Intelligence
- Part II Social and Moral Issues
- Part III Religious Studies
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
7 - Islam and Artificial Intelligence
from Part I - Religions and AI
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2024
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Steps towards Android Intelligence
- Part I Religions and AI
- 3 Hinduism and Artificial Intelligence
- 4 The Buddha in AI/Robotics
- 5 Artificial Intelligence and Jewish Thought
- 6 Artificial Intelligence and Christianity
- 7 Islam and Artificial Intelligence
- Part II Social and Moral Issues
- Part III Religious Studies
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
This chapter explores issues for Islam in relation to religious themes arising from developments in artificial intelligence (AI), conceived both as a philosophical and scientific quest to understand human intelligence and as a technological enterprise to instrumentalise it for commercial or political purposes. The monotheistic teachings of Islam are outlined to identify themes in AI that relate to central questions in the Islamic context and to addresses nuances of Islamic belief that differentiate it from the other Abrahamic traditions in consideration of AI. This chapter draws together the existing sparse literature on the subject, including notable applications of AI in Islamic contexts, and draws attention to the role of the Muslim world as a channel and expositor of knowledge between the ancient and modern world in the pre-history of AI. The chapter provides foundations for future scholarship on Islam and AI and a resource for wider scholarship on the religious, societal and cultural significance of AI.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence , pp. 109 - 128Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024