Erin Maus Wins AI Coding Exemption After Citing Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical
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Updated · InfoWorld · Jun 12
Erin Maus Wins AI Coding Exemption After Citing Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Jun 12
Summary
North Carolina developer Erin Maus secured a religious exemption last month allowing her to avoid AI coding tools at work, according to Business Insider.
Maus, a Unitarian Universalist rather than a Catholic, argued that using AI conflicted with her beliefs and cited Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on vigilance over AI deployment.
Business Insider said she consulted both an employment lawyer and her local minister before making the request, which her employer ultimately granted.
Maus said she now writes and reviews her code by hand, in a case that could test whether more workers seek faith-based carveouts from mandated AI use.