The World Must Choose AI

God gave humans intelligence to invent tools to serve them. Till about 15 decades ago, the tools were physical tools. Then God guided people to invent electronic and digital tools.

A digital tool that is growing in use today is Artificial Intelligence (AI). It aims to make computers simulate human thinking to give people “smart choices” to do things faster and better. It works by sourcing existing information or “data” and then processing that data to produce the smart choices. The choices may be suggestions, answers to questions, or predictions.

In relation to the Internet, this is a more advanced way to get and use information. The Internet shows you information that is available from your search query but does not tell you what to choose. You must read through all the information yourself and decide what to choose.

With AI you don’t need to search through a lot of information. The AI computers read and process the information that’s available, then give you a set of options you can choose from.

If you go by this ‘easy to get and decide’ method of using information, then AI will save you time and effort.

The limitations of AI

• AI does not know if the data it used was poor or incorrect. If the data it used was poor or incorrect, then it will present poor or incorrect choices. Users may not know what is right or wrong. They may assume that the choices are all good to consider because they are from a ‘source of smart information.’
• AI cannot guarantee the results of following the choices it gives. It also cannot guarantee that its predictions will happen. Here too, some users may not realize this and make choices without thought, which could lead to disappointment later.

Should the world use Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

If AI helps people do things faster and better, there is no reason they shouldn't use it. As with all tools, they must understand the purpose of the tools they want to use and know the benefits and risks of using them.

AI may not always help people do things faster and better, so they must be careful when choosing from the options AI gives them.

AI can also mislead in some matters. A specific matter in which it is quite misleading at present is God and His religion. God and His religion are the most important things everyone must have the correct information about. After they have that correct information, they must also follow it in their interest.

At present, AI gives out many incorrect choices about God and His religion.

It is not AI’s fault because it is giving from what it is drawing on and does not know if it is wrong. So the problem is with the data source itself, which is

• The many wrong ways in which people are following God’s religion/scriptures
• The many wrong opinions people have and advocate about God, creation, life, death, the Hereafter, and religion.

If people want the correct information about God and His religion, they must get it from God. He is the only true “Absolute Intelligence ” in the universe. And He gives us the absolute truth in the Quran, God’s scripture for the world.

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