Aya Ibrahim · Sep 21, 2026
Not knowing how to code is not a reason to leave the decision alone
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Ibrahim says policymakers who are willing to govern energy, commerce, and drugs treat their inability to code as a reason not to weigh in on technology.
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Original source
AI Now Institute, quoting a Washington Post passage · Press excerpt
Original source date: Sep 21, 2026 (2026-09-21).
Date basis: AI Now article:published_time 2026-09-21T15:07:53Z. The Post page was not opened.
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Limits
One attributed passage republished by AI Now. It does not establish how particular committees acted.
Editorial test, not a stated concession
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supports
Ibrahim contrasts officials' willingness to oversee other technical fields with their sense that they cannot judge AI without being able to code it.
Source and contributor context
Aya Ibrahim · Described on the page as leading national security work at AI Now
The page presents her as an AI Now staff member and a former White House official speaking about policymakers.
One quoted passage about legislative culture. It does not establish what any committee did.
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Assumptions
Editorial reconstruction: the excerpt is enough to state her sentence and not enough to state the article's full argument.
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Questions between perspectives
Editorial comparison; no direct exchange established: If officials feel unable to govern the model, who is left who can challenge a decision?
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Aya Ibrahim
Aya Ibrahim is described by AI Now as leading its national security work and as a former Biden White House official.
AI Now Institute
AI Now Institute studies the power and institutions shaping AI and advocates for public accountability.
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