further reading
Studies
“ChatGPT is a cognitive crutch” with long-term negative effects
“Your Brain on ChatGPT” (MIT)
“How People Use ChatGPT” (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Gen Z has an (increasingly) unfavorable view of AI (Gallup survey)
“How Gen Z is Using AI” (Harvard-Gallup study)
In the News
The papal encyclical is expected to create a surge in requests for religious accommodations for AI: USA Today, AOL.com (June 1, 2026)
Workplaces have faced (and lost) some legal suits about the use of AI in hiring: “As Eightfold, Workday suits show, AI legal risks are building for HR,” by Tyler Bridegan, Michelle Catapang, John Pueschel, Gerard Clodomir, HR Executive, March 23, 2026
Religious exemptions for AI continue to be anticipated in the workplace: “Pope’s Warning Raises Prospect of AI, Faith Friction at Work” by Anne Cullen, Law 360, May 27, 2026
People are beginning to raise religious and moral objections to using AI in the workplace in Australia: “Can workers refuse AI on religious grounds?” by Paul O’Halloran, Lawyers Weekly, May 13, 2026
Religious leaders in Nigeria are calling on the government for appropriate regulation: “Coalition tasks FG for regulatory guidelines on AI,” The Nation, May 16, 2026
“AI mandates may stir up religious objections. HR should prepare now,” by Ryan Golden, HR Dive, May 4, 2026
“Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI,” The Economic Times, May 8, 2026
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws” Computer World, September 18, 2025
“The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It” by Janus Rose, The Verge, April 30, 2026
“The Mark of the Bot: When Employees Raise Religious Objections to Workplace AI Usage,” by Matthew Gizzo and James Paul, Ogletree Deakins,
April 13, 2026
“A Dark-Money Campaign is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat” by Taylor Lorenz, Wired, May 1, 2026
“Florida House rejects DeSantis priorities on vaccine exemptions and AI regulation in special session” by Jim Turner Jacksonville Business Journal, April 29, 2026
“In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents are Winning Rollbacks” by Natasha Singer, New York Times, April 29, 2026
“What will it take to get AI Out of Schools?” by Jessica Winter, New Yorker, April 23, 2026
further Listening
“It’s an AI World and We’re all Just Living in It” + Meredith Potter, on Saved by the City, RNS, April 2026
Books
Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth (Thesis, 2025)
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares (Hachette, 2025)
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman (1985)
Conscientious Objections by Neil Postman (1992)