FID-057
Proof-Carrying Citations for Faith-Facing AI
Can faith-facing AI answers carry checkable citation proofs that show which claims are directly supported by sources, which are inferred, which are uncertain, and which require human or tradition-specific authority?
Why this matters
The question behind the brief.
Faith-facing AI often gives fluent answers with citations that look trustworthy but do not actually support the claims being made. A user may not have the time or expertise to verify every citation. Proof-carrying citations could make source support inspectable rather than asking users to trust the surface form of an answer.
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How to place this idea.
Ways to help
Move this from question to evidence.
Design evidence-graph schemas and claim-support taxonomies.
Build validators for citation support, inference labels, and missing evidence.
Review faith-facing answers as a theologian, scholar, clergy member, or domain expert.
Test whether proof-carrying citations improve user trust calibration.
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