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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

Believe me, I am not making this up ...

In a strongly-worded rebuke [yahoo.com] last month, Pope Leo called for AI to be "disarmed."

The criticism comes amid rapidly growing backlash to the tech, with countless workers [yahoo.com] becoming frustrated after being forced [yahoo.com] to use AI, even when the productivity benefits it offers are questionable.

Now, a 34-year-old software engineer named Erin Maus, who works for a tech entertainment company in North Carolina, may have found an ingenious workaround. As Business Insider reports, [businessinsider.com] Maus has secured a religious exemption effectively allowing her to skip using AI for her work.

Maus is a Unitarian Universalist, a pluralistic religion that's rooted in the inherent worth of every person. In April, she argued that AI didn't align with her religious beliefs, citing environmental and ethical concerns.

In mid-May, her employer granted her the unusual accommodation.

[Source]: Yahoo News [yahoo.com]

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