Transformation of Islamic values in the era of artificial intelligence

Abstract

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT has brought significant changes in the way humans’ access and understand information, including in the religious field. This research aims to examine how the transformation of Islamic values occurs through ChatGPT responses in the aspects of educational ethics, Islamic law, da'wah, and Qur'anic interpretation. This study applied a qualitative case study method and data was collected from indexed scientific articles from academic databases, ChatGPT responses, and online news articles. The study findings show that the use of ChatGPT in the context of Islam requires caution. While technology can answer a variety of questions, there are fundamental flaws related to the accuracy of citations, unverified sources of information, and a lack of understanding of the sharia context. In fact, there are errors in the mention of Qur'anic verses that have the potential to cause confusion. This emphasizes the importance of the sanad principle in Islamic scholarship as a valid reference. The paper proposes the need to develop more ethical and contextual AI systems in understanding religious questions, as well as the involvement of scholars and academics in training machines to conform to Islamic values.