A Kentucky man has won a religious exemption against using AI
The ruling says he no longer has to use AI tools at work
The man argued AI contravened his deeply held religious beliefs
If you’ve ever looked to the heavens in exasperation after being told you have to use AI at work , your prayers might soon be answered, if a Kentucky man’s example is anything to go by. That’s because he’s just been granted a “first of its kind” religious exemption from using AI after successfully arguing that it went against his beliefs. As reported by the Religion News Service (via TomsHardware ), University of Kentucky research administrator David Durman reacted with apprehension when his employer started asking its workers to use AI in their day-to-day jobs . The problem for Durman was that this would mean offloading his thinking to a machine — something which, as a humanist, went against his principles. “The process and work involved in thinking through situations, through my work, through my ethics, through the way I handle other people, is a key component in being able to develop myself as a moral person,” Durman told RNS. “And offloading that labor, regardless of whether it’s taxing or not, is undercutting my ability to be a moral actor.” For Durman, AI also has the potential to harm society . He stated that he advocates for and believes in human flourishing, but that “At a societal level, I think that the use of AI technology runs counter to that.”…