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Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe? | Jerel Ezell
The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlock
The Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but increasingly common place in modern American politics. He’s praised by progressives, begrudgingly tolerated by moderate Democrats and largely demonized by Republicans.
He’s also uniquely positioned to forge an all-too-elusive thread of political kinship between these perpetually-at-odds groups with his bold but contentious plan for reining in AI, called AI Under Democracy.
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Jerel Ezell · Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM
US news | The Guardian
The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlock
The Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but increasingly common place in modern American politics. He’s praised by progressives, begrudgingly tolerated by moderate Democrats and largely demonized by Republicans.
He’s also uniquely positioned to forge an all-too-elusive thread of political kinship between these perpetually-at-odds groups with his bold but contentious plan for reining in AI, called AI Under Democracy.
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