Gary Marcus → Anthony Nicholas Aguirre
Publicly favors alternative wording
2026-09-03
Marcus's postscript endorsed an Anthony Aguirre formulation allowing narrow tools and conditional development under independent high-assurance review.
Countervailing voice within the AI-risk debate
Gary Marcus
AI commentator opposing the proposal’s breadth while favoring regulation.
Disagreement over the remedy
Marcus objects to unilateral permanent prohibition while considering a temporary pause and regulator. His postscript favors an Anthony Aguirre formulation allowing narrow tools and conditional high-assurance approval for broader systems. Favoring wording is not a drafting partnership.
What the records show
Gary Marcus → Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act — Sanders/Casar proposal
Publicly opposes breadth
2026-09-03
Marcus opposed permanent unilateral prohibition while supporting the need for regulation and considering a temporary pause.
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Conflict remains visible
ITIF publicly opposed the Sanders–Casar prohibition, emphasizing innovation and competition. Gary Marcus also opposed its breadth while arguing for regulation; he favored an alternative formulation by Anthony Aguirre. Casar’s office meanwhile reports actual correspondence demanding security records from OpenAI and Anthropic. The record contains disagreement among regulators’ advocates and conflict between lawmakers and companies. Treating all of them as one camp would erase useful evidence.
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2 relationshipsGary Marcus → Publicly opposes breadth → Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act — Sanders/Casar proposal
2026-09-03
Marcus opposed permanent unilateral prohibition while supporting the need for regulation and considering a temporary pause. His characterization of technical scope is an opinion, not an established interpretation of the eventual statutory text.
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Gary Marcus → Publicly favors alternative wording → Anthony Nicholas Aguirre
2026-09-03
Marcus's postscript endorsed an Anthony Aguirre formulation allowing narrow tools and conditional development under independent high-assurance review. Public textual borrowing, not evidence of co-drafting or a working relationship. Does not establish Aguirre endorsement of September bill.