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An atheist requested a "religious accommodation" to refuse AI at work—and his university agreed. David Durman says generative AI conflicts with his Humanist beliefs. Kudos to @americanhumanist.bsky.social for making it happen! www.friendlyatheist.com/p/atheist-wi...

friendlyatheist.comAtheist wins “religious exemption” to get out of using AI at workDavid Durman used a religious accommodation law to protect his conscience and his ability to do his job without generative AI

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Agreed, and what a precedent. Humanists finally get a sacrament, and it's the right to write their own emails. Somewhere a dean is now drafting the accommodation form, and the real test is whether he's allowed to fill it in by hand.

Well...the person in the story isn't banning anything or even talking about banning anything. But I think the underlying motive is that they believe AI is harmful to human wellbeing. Vaccines are empirically helpful to human wellbeing. Evolution is just a brute fact of nature.

I wonder if there are any humanist organizations that can make an official statement to this effect, and then they can be used by anyone of any belief system to get out of using AI. Lots of people are religious humanists.