AI for Muslims will issue fatwas automatically

The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai announced this week that they will dispense AI-generated fatwas via an initiative called "virtual ifta." (A fatwa is basically a ruling on some point of Islamic law, such as: "Are Chicken McNuggets halal?" They're hoping to offload the some 130,000 fatwa requests they get each year.


Artificial, erm, not intelligence, but artificial something.
 
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