{
  "id": 12096106,
  "title": "Doha Debates Town Hall asks: Should AI be shaped by faith?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/doha-debates-town-hall-asks-should-ai-be-shaped-by-faith",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-05T06:34:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/10/2026/doha-debates-town-hall-asks-should-ai-be-shaped-by-faith"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar - As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly transform society, Qatar Foundation's Doha Debates is raising questions about whether religious traditions should influence its development. On October 15, the Doha Debates Town Hall titled \"Should AI be shaped by faith?\" will convene global experts, students, and recent graduates from Qatar to explore the intersection of religion, technology, and morality.\n\nModerated by Nabiha Syed, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation, the event will feature philosopher Yaqub Chaudhary, Professor John Paul Kimes from Notre Dame Law School, and Max More, an author and transhumanist thought leader. Managing Director of Doha Debates, Amjad Atallah, emphasized the urgency of the discussion, stating that every new technology prompts society to contemplate the kind of future it wishes to create. He highlighted that faith traditions have long pondered concepts of consciousness and human nature, while secular thinkers have approached similar questions in their own manner.\n\nAtallah contends that assembling experts from diverse backgrounds with young individuals who will experience the impacts of AI is crucial. This exchange of ideas is both timely and significant, as it seeks to grapple with the profound implications of this rapidly advancing technology.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha, Qatar: As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes how people live, learn and make decisions, Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates is asking whether faith-based traditions should play a role in its development, or whether it’s best left to the secular world.</p> <p>On October 15 at the Education City Student Center (Multaqa), the Doha Debates Town Hall “Should AI be shaped by faith?”…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}