A University of Kentucky employee asked to be exempted from using AI for his 'religious' beliefs
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David Durman might be the first employee to receive a special exemption from using AI tools on religious grounds. The 45-year-old research administrator at the University of Kentucky identifies as a humanist, a belief system that apparently requires him to avoid AI-based workflows. Durman's job doesn't require AI either, which is likely the main reason the university ultimately agreed to his unusual request.
Durman decided to take the religious route after his university's administrators began asking all employees to adopt AI in their work. In a recent...
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