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University of Kentucky employee gets religious exemption from using AI at work
A University of Kentucky research administrator, David Durman, was granted a religious exemption from using AI tools at work.[2, 4, 5] Mediaite reported he is the first humanist to receive such an exemption from using AI at his workplace.[2] Tom's Hardware reported the accommodation was granted under Title VII, which protects employees' religious beliefs.[5]
Durman argued that offloading his thinking to large language models violates his moral beliefs as a humanist.[5] TechCrunch noted the case shows a person does not need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work.[4]
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