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230621P - COMMENTS AT A SEMINAR ON MEDICO FIQHI ISSUES: ‘ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: MEDICAL AND ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE’

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Presentation held at the Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Center Kuantan on 21 June 2023 by Prof Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard).


THE CONCEPT OF TASKHIR

  • The word taskhiir is repeated in the Qur’an 33 times in various formulations.
  • Taskhir is the basis of the human mission of Khilafah and Omran.

  • الجاثية:١٢(اللَّـهُ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ فِيهِ بِأَمْرِهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ.
  •  وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ آلجاثية:١٣.
  • أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ. لقمان:٢٠.
  • وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ دَائِبَيْنِ  وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ. إبراهيم:٣٣.


THE NATURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

  • Humans throughout history have been able to make tools that help them in taskhiir.
  • Only humans have been able to make tools.
  • The performance of the tools was known by the maker in advance i.e. predictable even if it performed tasks that the human could not perform.
  • Artificial intelligence can pass the limits of human control or prediction.


IS THE LOSS OF TASHIIR POSSIBLE?

  • Artificial intelligence can learn on its own from the environment and the human may lose control of this learning.
  • Artificial intelligence can act on its learning to perform tasks or produce goods and services.
  • We are facing the possibility of humans losing their privileges of taskhiir.
  • The human could be under the control of the machine.
  • Is artificial intelligence stoppable?


LOSS OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE PHYSICIAN

  • The physician is accountable for the outcomes of medical treatment.
  • Physician error is a legal liability.

  • حديث عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : (مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ) رواه أبو داود (4586) والنسائي (4830) وابن ماجه (3466). 

  • If the patient is harmed due to a decision by artificial intelligence who is responsible?