内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/you-dont-need-to-believe-in-a-god-to-get-a-religious-exemption-from-using-ai-at-work/

内容总结：

近日，教宗良十四世公开谴责人工智能对人类尊严构成威胁。然而，对AI与自身信仰之间关系的担忧并非仅限于虔诚的宗教信徒。非有神论的人本主义者大卫·杜尔曼最近获得了在工作场所不使用AI的宗教豁免。

杜尔曼是肯塔基大学的一名行政人员。他在接受TechCrunch采访时表示：“人本主义是一套关于人类经验以及人类如何与世界互动的信仰体系。”其核心在于“关注人类个体与集体的福祉与繁荣……并呼吁人们努力改善自身及周围人的福祉与繁荣。”

随着AI在日常生活中日益普及，杜尔曼向美国人文主义者协会（AHA）寻求帮助，探讨如何获得法律保护以避免在工作中使用AI。他认为使用该技术违背了自己的信仰。他说：“我们之所以能对自己和他人成为道德行为主体，靠的是主动运用自己的心智，而（使用AI）对这一能力的削弱必然会对我们履行道德责任的能力产生负面影响。”他由此反思了过度依赖AI可能对批判性思维造成的影响。

在本周早些时候由AHA发布的一份声明中，杜尔曼写道：“AI正在干扰人们谋生的能力，其环境代价将给人类和地球带来灾难，它对人类创造力的取代和窃取威胁着艺术和文学等使社会繁荣的文化要素。”

人本主义并非反宗教，但它往往吸引那些对上帝或其他超自然力量持怀疑态度、同时仍寻求以科学和道德框架作为立身之本的人。

AHA专职律师亚历山德里娅·胡伊斯肯斯对TechCrunch表示：“对AI与人类尊严的担忧贯穿于多种不同的信仰和传统之中，无论是天主教教义、普救派还是人本主义。我们希望人本主义者或非有神论者知道，他们同样属于这些受保护的类别——他们在工作中也受到法律保护。”

杜尔曼是首位获得工作场所便利安排、得以不使用AI的人本主义者，也是最早公开讨论寻求此类保护的人之一。他是受到了一篇报道的启发——一位名叫艾琳·莫斯的普救一位论派信徒、软件工程师为自己争取到了类似保护。

杜尔曼说：“对我来说，这关乎我和我的信念。我显然不是要告诉别人该怎么想或怎么感受……但我确实希望这能鼓励有类似担忧的人去寻求某种解决方案——不一定是宗教豁免，而是在自己认为最合适的范围内尽力去解决自己的担忧。”

肯塔基大学发言人杰伊·布兰顿对TechCrunch表示，该校对宗教便利申请逐案审查，综合考虑员工的工作职责和申请的具体情况。布兰顿在声明中说：“在本案中，学校认定可以在提供便利的同时，让该员工继续履行其岗位的核心职能。随着技术和工作职责的演变，便利安排可能会被重新审查，以确保其持续合理可行。”

莫斯的情况尤为特殊，因为如今软件工程师在编写代码时几乎离不开AI辅助。但杜尔曼从事的是行政工作，为申请经费的研究人员提供支持，工作中并未被要求使用AI。与许多领域的员工一样，他的部分同事和领导曾建议员工尝试这些工具，因此他希望现在就获得豁免，以防未来建议变成强制要求。杜尔曼说：“我希望如果其他人有类似的感受，他们能受到鼓励去寻求某种解决方案。”

中文翻译：

教皇利奥十四世谴责人工智能对人类尊严构成威胁，但担忧人工智能与自身信仰是否相容的，并不只有虔诚的信徒。大卫·杜尔曼是一位非有神论的人文主义者，他最近获得了在工作场所不使用人工智能的宗教豁免。

“人文主义是一套关于人类经验以及人类如何与世界互动的信念体系，”杜尔曼在接受TechCrunch采访时表示。他是肯塔基大学的一名管理人员。人文主义的核心是“个人和集体的福祉与繁荣……并呼吁每个人努力改善自身以及周围人的福祉与繁荣。”

随着人工智能在日常生活中日益普及，杜尔曼找到了美国人文主义协会（AHA）——一个推动世俗人文主义的非营利组织——咨询如何获得法律保护，以免被迫在工作中使用人工智能。他认为使用这项技术违背了自己的信仰。

“我们之所以能成为对自己和他人负责的道德主体，靠的是主动运用自己的心智，而（通过使用人工智能）对这种能力的削弱，必然会对我们履行道德责任的能力产生负面影响，”他说。他这番反思针对的是过度依赖人工智能可能对批判性思维造成的影响。

在本周早些时候由美国人文主义协会发布的一份声明中，杜尔曼写道：“人工智能正在干扰人们谋生的能力，其环境代价给人类和地球带来灾难，它对人类创造力的取代和窃取威胁着艺术和文学等使社会繁荣的文化要素。”

人文主义并不反宗教，但它往往吸引那些对上帝或其他超自然力量持怀疑态度、同时仍在寻求科学和道德框架来安身立命的人。

“对人工智能与人类尊严的担忧可以贯穿多种不同的信仰和传统，无论是天主教教义、普世主义还是人文主义，我们希望人文主义者或非有神论者知道，他们属于这些范畴——他们在工作中同样受到法律保护，”美国人文主义协会专职律师亚历山德里娅·赫伊斯肯斯对TechCrunch表示。

杜尔曼是第一位获得工作场所便利安排、允许其不使用人工智能的人文主义者，也是最早公开讨论争取此类保护的人之一。促使他寻求这些保护的契机，是他读到一神普世主义者、软件工程师艾琳·莫斯为自己争取到了类似保护的消息。

“对我来说，这关乎我自己和我的信念，”杜尔曼说。“我显然不是在试图告诉别人该怎么想、怎么感受……但我确实希望这能鼓励有类似担忧的人去寻求某种解决方案——不一定是宗教豁免，而是在他们认为最合适的范围内，尽己所能地追求自己的关切。”

肯塔基大学发言人杰伊·布兰顿对TechCrunch表示，该校对宗教便利申请逐案审查，综合考虑员工的工作职责和申请的具体情况。

“在本案中，大学认定可以在提供便利安排的同时，让该员工继续履行其岗位的基本职能，”布兰顿在声明中说。“随着技术和岗位职责的演变，便利安排可能会被重新审查，以确保其仍然合理可行。”

莫斯的情况尤为特殊，因为如今软件工程师在完全不借助人工智能的情况下编写代码已经很少见。但杜尔曼担任行政职务，工作是协助研究人员申请经费，并不要求他在工作中使用人工智能。与许多领域的劳动者一样，他的一些同事和领导曾建议员工尝试这些工具，因此他选择现在就争取获得豁免，以防这一建议将来变成强制要求。

“我希望如果（其他人）有类似的感受，他们能受到鼓励去寻求某种解决方案，”杜尔曼说。

英文来源：

Pope Leo XIV has decried AI as a threat to human dignity, but it’s not just the devoutly faithful who might worry about how AI squares with their beliefs. David Durman, a nontheistic Humanist, recently secured a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
“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 Humanist Association (AHA) — a nonprofit advancing secular humanism — to investigate how he could gain legal protections against having to use AI at work. He believes that using the technology runs counter to his beliefs.
“The way we become moral actors for ourselves and for others is through the active application of our minds, and the diminishing of that [through AI use] is going to necessarily have a negative impact on our ability to do so,” he said, reflecting on how overreliance on AI might affect critical thinking.
In a statement published by the AHA earlier this week, Durman wrote, “AI is interfering with people’s ability to earn a living, the environmental costs spell disaster for humanity and our planet, and its supplanting and theft of human creativity threaten elements of our culture like art and literature that make society flourish.”
Humanism is not anti-religious, but it tends to appeal to people who are skeptical of a god or other supernatural power yet still seek a scientific and moral framework to ground themselves in.
“Concern about AI and human dignity can run through several different faiths and traditions, whether that’s Catholic teachings, or Universalism, or Humanism, and we want Humanists or nontheists to know that they fall into these categories — that they are also protected by the law at work,” Alexandria Huiskens, Staff Attorney at the AHA, told TechCrunch.
Durman is the first Humanist to secure workplace accommodations that allow him to abstain from AI use, and one of the first people to publicly discuss their pursuit of these protections. He was inspired to seek them when he read that Erin Maus, a Unitarian Universalist and software engineer, was able to secure similar protections for herself.
“For me, this was about me and my convictions,” Durman said. “I’m obviously not trying to tell people how to think or feel… But I do hope that it encourages people who have similar concerns to pursue not necessarily religious exemption, but pursue their concerns to the best of their ability where they feel is the most appropriate.”
University of Kentucky spokesperson Jay Blanton told TechCrunch that the institution reviews requests for religious accommodations on an individual basis, considering the employee’s job responsibilities and the circumstances of the request.
“In this case, the university determined that an accommodation could be provided while allowing the employee to continue performing the essential functions of their position,” Blanton said in a statement. “As technology and job responsibilities evolve, accommodations may be reviewed to ensure they remain reasonable and workable.”
Maus’ situation is especially unusual, since it has become rare for software engineers to write code without any AI assistance. But in Durman’s administrative role, in which he supports researchers applying for grants, he has not been required to use AI at work. Like many workers across fields, some of his colleagues and leadership have recommended that employees try out these tools, so he sought to secure his exemption now, in case the suggestion becomes a mandate in the future.
“I hope that if [others] have similar feelings, that they feel encouraged to pursue some kind of resolution,” Durman said.