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Jerel Ezell

Executive director, Center for AI and Everybody; assistant professor, University of Chicago

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“Far and away the most controversial – but essential – part of El-Sayed’s plan to thwart an AI-fueled catastrophe is his call for 50% + one of board seats (a simple majority) at influential AI companies to be publicly appointed or democratically elected.”
Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe?The Guardian, October 29, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Ezell describes the central, most contested element of El-Sayed's AI Under Democracy plan.
“Under El-Sayed’s proposal, the tech giants would have to divest or abandon those investments within a defined transitional period.”
Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe?The Guardian, October 29, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Ezell on the plan's divestment rule, after noting Microsoft's estimated 27% stake in OpenAI and Google's 14% of Anthropic.

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    Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe?

    In a Guardian opinion piece, Jerel Ezell argues that Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's plan, AI Under Democracy, could bridge political divides. It would force divestment from frontier labs and make most board seats publicly chosen.