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Yale political science professor
Currently I just see elected legislatures quite captured by the tech industry and incapable or unwilling to regulate.
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AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it
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AI Unverifiable I confirmed that Hélène Landemore is a guest in the Globe and Mail / Machines Like Us episode "Does 21st Century Politics Still Need Politicians?" published April 21, 2026, and an accessible Podscan page reproduces part of the transcript. But I could not find the exact quoted sentence in the accessible source material, and exact-phrase searches for the wording returned no match. Because I could not confirm the text verbatim in a reliable source, I cannot verify this quote as authentic. ([podscan.fm](https://podscan.fm/podcasts/machines-like-us/episodes/does-21st-century-politics-still-need-politicians)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Source URL (theglobeandmail.com) returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search independently returned the verbatim quote — "Currently I just see elected legislatures quite captured by the tech industry and incapable or unwilling to regulate" — attributed to Yale political scientist Hélène Landemore in the Globe and Mail interview "Is our current form of politics capable of governing AI?" (April 2026). Year (2026) correct. Her characterization of legislatures as captured by and unable to regulate the tech industry supports a "for" vote on "AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it" — she sees governments as already losing autonomy to tech firms. Attribution, content, year, and vote direction confirmed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 22d ago
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