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Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images After three years of unprecedented tech spending and nonstop hype, the demand for AI in the workplace seems to be drying up fast. Referencing data from a recent US Census Bureau survey, The Economist estimated that the percentage of Americans using AI to “produce goods and services” at large companies rang in at a modest 11 percent in October, the latest available survey date. It’s not ju

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock In a strongly-worded rebuke last month, Pope Leo called for AI to be “disarmed.” The criticism comes amid rapidly growing backlash to the tech, with countless workers becoming frustrated after being forced 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 Caro

Shutterstock University of Kentucky administrator David Durman was granted a religious exemption from using AI at work, claiming that use of the tech violates his religious beliefs as a humanist. As Religion News Service reports, Durman maintains that outsourcing cognitive tasks to chatbots could interfere with his development as a “moral actor.” Assisted by the American Humanist Association (AHA), he applied for a religious exemption under Title VII, the

“Humanism is a collection of beliefs about the human experience and how humans interact with the world,” Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, told TechCrunch. It centers on “human well-being and flourishing, both individually and collectively … and implores a person to try to improve both their well-being and their flourishing as well as the others around them.” As he watched AI grow more popular in daily life, Durman sought out the American Hum