The Pope put out his encyclical about AI in May. But Catholics weren’t first to claim a religious exemption from AI – it was a Unitarian Universalist. [Business Insider] Erin Maus is a …
A weird thing about living under USA is how much religion is privileged. You can have whatever wacky belief based on religion and the state will respect that in many ways.
For example, I was coerced into jury “duty” recently. In order to escape I wound up debating with the prosecutor about the bible. If I find myself debating about the bible, then I’m definitely in some crazy situation. I would have much preferred to explain my resistance in more reasonable, humanitarian terms. The state doesn’t give a shit about your principles, but they’ll respect any religious beliefs. It helps explain why the system is total trash.
It’s better to speak about it roughly as a concept without getting into the specifics, such as “i morally cannot find someone guilty of X”. The judge and lawyers will know what you’re getting at and you won’t have “tainted” the entire jury pool which could get you in trouble in some courts.
But it’s best to say nothing and get on jury duty so you can use your right to try to nullify if circumstances warrant it. You still can’t mention it when you’ve been selected and you still need to participate in jury deliberations but you can ask questions to other jurors and raise doubt in the prosecution’ case/ defendant’s guilt. You also aren’t required to justify your vote but if you need to explain to your fellow jurors you can just simply say “in my heart im just not able to convict”
Honestly I think we need to use this more. If religion means an org doesn’t have to pay taxes, then my mutual aid organization is a church now. Homeless shelter is a church now. I have a right to peaceful protest? How about my right to hold a sit-down prayer service in the street?
So yeah, I’m all about AI exemption for religion. Looks like I’m about to become extremely devout! C:
A weird thing about living under USA is how much religion is privileged. You can have whatever wacky belief based on religion and the state will respect that in many ways.
For example, I was coerced into jury “duty” recently. In order to escape I wound up debating with the prosecutor about the bible. If I find myself debating about the bible, then I’m definitely in some crazy situation. I would have much preferred to explain my resistance in more reasonable, humanitarian terms. The state doesn’t give a shit about your principles, but they’ll respect any religious beliefs. It helps explain why the system is total trash.
(I got out of jury duty btw.)
From what I hear, the magic words are “hey, I’ve learned this cool thing called jury nullification”
It’s better to speak about it roughly as a concept without getting into the specifics, such as “i morally cannot find someone guilty of X”. The judge and lawyers will know what you’re getting at and you won’t have “tainted” the entire jury pool which could get you in trouble in some courts.
But it’s best to say nothing and get on jury duty so you can use your right to try to nullify if circumstances warrant it. You still can’t mention it when you’ve been selected and you still need to participate in jury deliberations but you can ask questions to other jurors and raise doubt in the prosecution’ case/ defendant’s guilt. You also aren’t required to justify your vote but if you need to explain to your fellow jurors you can just simply say “in my heart im just not able to convict”
shhhh…
If you get on a jury you could save a life. Why get out of it?
Honestly I think we need to use this more. If religion means an org doesn’t have to pay taxes, then my mutual aid organization is a church now. Homeless shelter is a church now. I have a right to peaceful protest? How about my right to hold a sit-down prayer service in the street?
So yeah, I’m all about AI exemption for religion. Looks like I’m about to become extremely devout! C: