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You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
Pope Leo XIV has decried AI as a threat to human dignity , but it’s not just the devoutly faithful who might worry about how AI squares with their beliefs. David Durman, a nontheistic humanist, recently secured a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
“Humanism is a collection of beliefs about the human experience and how humans interact with the world,” Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, told TechCrunch. It centers on “human well-being and flourishing, both individually and collectively … and implores a person to try to improve both their well-being and their flourishing as well as the others around them.”
As he watched AI grow more popular in daily life, Durman sought out the American Humanist Association (AHA), a nonprofit advancing secular humanism, to investigate how he could gain legal protections against having to use AI at work. He believes that using the technology runs counter to his beliefs.
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