AI CONTENT FABRICATION AND DECEPTION: AN ISLAMIC ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v24i42.2041Keywords:
Islamic Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Content Fabrication, Deepfakes, Techno-Ethical GovernanceAbstract
The pervasive increase of AI-generated content, such as deepfakes and forged religious texts has raised serious concerns about deception, disinformation, trust breaches, ethical accountability, and more. These issues concern both secular and religious spheres. Although research on the ethics of AI is growing, the Islamic scholarly works that deal specifically with ethical frameworks of AI-generated misinformation and deception are inadequate. This study employs a qualitative interpretive approach rooted in ethical reasoning and normative analysis, involving hermeneutical engagement with primary Islamic texts, classical legal opinions, along with contemporary fatwas, literature, and illustrative real-life case studies. This study formulates an Islamic ethical framework rooted in principles such as ṣidq (truthfulness), amānah (trust), and maṣlaḥah (public interest), which serve as foundation for a profound digital trust infrastructure. This framework tackles the epistemic and ontological dilemmas of AI, while maintaining human ethical accountability of AI content. The findings reveal that the concoction of content is forbidden (ḥarām) in the Shariah due to its capacity to cause societal harm and division in the society. Effective public-information governance necessitates Interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars and institutions, technologists, educators and policy makers to create effective verification and digital literacy protocols. This framework provides a structured approach that combines Islamic principles along with technology development to enhance ethical AI oversight and awareness.
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