Interaction of Artificial Intelligence with Religions

Authors : Yeliz Akkaya Türkol
Pages : 60-79
Doi:10.51702/esoguifd.1626128
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Publication Date : 2025-05-15
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Artificial Intelligence can be seen as “magic door” discovered in modern times. Like every magic door in the stories, this door sometimes offers beauty to those who open it, while sometimes it has the power to lead to darkness. In addition to facilitating the lives of human beings, there is a need for studies on Artificial Intelligence in order to prevent possible disasters. In this study, the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and the phenomenon of religion is examined through literature review method. Studies on Artificial Intelligence and religion are of critical importance in order to ensure that the religions, which people continue to uphold their lives in the understanding of individualism imposed under the hegemony of the modern time and the capitalist world, are not damaged in the age of Artificial Intelligence technology. The relationship between religions, clergy and religious individuals and Artificial Intelligence will affect the integration of Artificial Intelligence into daily life. For individuals who feel that they belong to any religion, Artificial Intelligence is an invention that facilitates religious life in many areas such as the relationship between them and their co-religionists, worship, visits to holy places, donations, translation of religious texts into different languages, issuing fatwas, religious education, halal food, religious and spiritual coaching and many more. In addition, religious visuals and religious music produced by Artificial Intelligence offer an innovative understanding of religion. These are all possibilities that Artificial Intelligence offers to religions. However, Artificial Intelligence programs also benefit from religious texts and religious teachings while imitating humans due to their dualistic structure. There are also worrying possibilities such as discrimination in line with the instructions of the individuals who develop Artificial Intelligence, emphasizing a single religion, moving away from the original source in religious interpretations, or eliminating religions by increasing religious suspicion. This study, on the other hand, deals with current studies conducted from 2018 to the present day by using the literature review method, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The information obtained as a result of the research was compared and synthesis and analysis were made together with similar and different aspects. In the study, the phrase \\\"Artificial Intelligence and Religion\\\" will be searched in Google Scholar and ResearchGate databases and the information in the country\\\'s literature and world literature will be listed. All this information is important for religions to adapt to the new world order on the history page. It provides significant information for religious individuals to use Artificial Intelligence technologies peacefully by eliminating their concerns without falling behind the Artificial Intelligence technology age. This study is designed to create a roadmap on how Artificial Intelligence technology sciences as well as Religious Sciences can develop Artificial Intelligence according to the use of religion and religious individuals. In the results of the studies, it was seen that there is a polarization of positive and negative views on the use of Artificial Intelligence in religion. In order for Artificial Intelligence programs, which have started to be used today, to be used in religion, they need to be developed in areas such as mastery of the language of religion and access to information from reliable sources. Interdisciplinary studies of Religious Sciences are needed in order for religions to be carried to the new world order brought by technology. It is anticipated that the good or bad outcome of religion\\\'s Artificial Intelligence will be affected by its believers, and Religious Advisory Boards have a role to play. It is concluded that ethically designed national and international legal legislation should be prepared urgently so that people can use Artificial Intelligence technologies in their religion and spirituality by protecting their personal rights.
Keywords : Din Psikolojisi, Teknoloji, Yapay Zeka, Yapay Zeka Kaygısı, Literatür Taraması

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