Comment by Alondra Nelson

Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study; former Acting Director of the White House OSTP
This is not deregulation. It is hyper-regulation by other means. [...] When consequential decisions are made through executive discretion rather than deliberative process, they escape ordinary channels of accountability. [...] Democratic accountability requires following power where it moves.
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AI Verified Quote by Alondra Nelson, 2026. Source is her Science article "The mirage of AI deregulation" (DOI 10.1126/science.aee4900, published Jan 2026). The science.org URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the article is by Nelson (Harold F. Linder Professor, IAS; former Acting OSTP Director) and contains the framing "hyper-regulation by other means" and her argument that "Democratic accountability requires following power where it moves." Author attribution correct. Year 2026 current. Crucially for vote alignment: the article's central thesis is that the federal preemption of state authority to govern AI (Trump's "One Rule"/national framework EO) is itself a concentration of power insulated from local accountability. This directly supports statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") — the "for" vote aligns correctly. Quote is relevant and reflects the statement's meaning. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 10d ago
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