Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe? | Jerel Ezell
TL;DR
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.
Nauti's Take
For a small team, the first test is concrete: who owns the prompts, training data, logs, and access to the models you rely on? El-Sayed’s proposal is too lightly documented in this single report to judge as policy yet, so audit your provider contracts first and record which data and decisions must remain portable if the model changes.
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