Al-Azhar Undersecretary calls for dealing with artificial intelligence with positivity, good investment, and fruitful interaction
Dr. Muhammad Al-Duwaini, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, praised the organization of the Faculty of Education at Al-Azhar University for its tenth conference under the title: “Artificial Intelligence and the Education System: Between Aspirations and Risks.” The title of the conference puts in our hands the relationship between ambitions, hopes, risks, and warnings. Thus, the college lays a new foundation in confirming Al-Azhar’s ability to make a contemporary scientific leap that stands on the roots of the past and improves its understanding of reality. And invest in its resources, and look forward to a bright future, offering in advance the thanks of His Eminence the Grand Imam, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, to those in charge of the conference and his hope that this conference will come out with rational, contemporary, practical recommendations that will be a beacon for us on our way to achieving them.
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His Eminence added that during his speech, which he delivered today, Sunday, at the conference at the Al-Azhar Convention Center, that the contemporary era Which cannot be overlooked, nor can its giving be overlooked. Like every cultural achievement, a person does not have the luxury of choosing whether to reject or accept it. Rather, he must receive it with positivity, good investment, and fruitful interaction. To be worthy of the goodness with which God described the nation for life. It is necessary for honest, rational people to read and digest their past well, while making good use of the data and achievements of the age.
The Undersecretary of Al-Azhar said that if artificial intelligence is capable of developing systems and programs that mimic the capabilities of the human mind in logical analysis and objective deduction, then Through its ability to process a huge amount of data efficiently and quickly while ensuring that humans excel in some factors; We must take into account the great challenges and multiple risks that may accompany it. Such as the threat to human existence, or the destruction resulting from the use of its applications in unethical ways.
His Eminence stressed that artificial intelligence is a new field that is establishing its footing day after day in the areas of life, even if we do not plan to deal with it according to standards that guarantee benefiting from its opportunities, and avoiding… Because of its potential risks, we will not guarantee its results. It is necessary to meet artificial intelligence with guided strategic planning. History proves that nations that adopt planning as a way of life can correct the mistakes of their past, better manage their reality, and predict their future. Planning is also one of the characteristics of Islamic civilization, as it is a religious principle par excellence, and this planning has been demonstrated in many verses of the Qur’an and incidents of the Prophet’s biography.
His Eminence pointed out that the abundance of knowledge and technology we are experiencing today requires us to be careful to Nations must have ambitious and realistic plans, otherwise they are in a plan Change it. His Eminence stressed that education and its sciences will not be isolated from artificial intelligence and its applications, which can contribute to developing educational work, improving its strategies, and making decisions in general.
At the end of his speech, the Undersecretary of Al-Azhar expressed his confidence that this conference is capable of To answer the questions that may be raised about the ability of artificial intelligence to provide educational experiences that enrich the educational process, and the impact of these programs on group work. And educational environments, and the new tasks they add for educators, and the possibility that artificial intelligence will be a real opportunity to deliver knowledge to remote and deprived places, hoping that the conference’s research will contribute to presenting an integrated vision on dealing with artificial intelligence with caution and vigilance, with guarantees of preserving values and identity.< /p>
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