Sanders’s September 3 AI essay → Dwarkesh Patel
Cites account of AI agents
Checked 2026-09-11
Sanders cites Patel when presenting the case for a pause.
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Dwarkesh Patel
Writer whose account of AI agents Sanders cites in his September essay.
Why he appears here
Sanders cites Patel’s description of agent coordination in his case for a pause. No drafting role, formal appointment or Patel endorsement is established here.
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How research enters the political argument
Sanders’s September 3 essay cites Ajeya Cotra and Dwarkesh Patel to make the case for a pause. METR identifies Cotra as staff and a coauthor of its August incident investigation; it says OpenAI did not pay for that assessment. The essay footer credits Friends of Bernie Sanders. These are observable steps in communication: research, public interpretation, citation by a politician and distribution. They do not establish that the cited people endorse every proposed penalty, or independently verify the incident described.
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Checked 2026-09-11
Sanders cites Patel when presenting the case for a pause. Public citation is not a payment or advisory appointment.