Assessing New Frontiers for When AI Meets Religion in the Workplace

What happens when an employee’s actions, informed by her religious beliefs about AI, conflict with their employer’s expectations of their use of that technology in the workplace? Should an employer consider an employee belief’s that AI is divine when making work assignments involving the technology? How should an employee respond to employer requests to adopt and use a technology in such a way that the employee perceives to be a threat to human dignity and the uniqueness of humans in the created order? Are religious employees protected if AI tools are used to discriminate? Artificial intelligence presents pressing legal, moral, theological, and ethical questions for the workplace and beyond. The conversation is nascent about what protections exist for religious employees interacting with AI in the workplace in ways that implicate their religious identity, beliefs, and practices and this Paper aims to provide a roadmap for beginning to explore these issues.