Eliezer Yudkowsky's book was blurbed by a former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and a former Under Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security

https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/

Are you talking about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?

No, this book: https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/

Gotta be someone who read/reads hard scifi.

I can't tell if your definition of politician is weirdly narrow or you confidence that there isn't like, some random state legislator with a computer science degree anywhere in the world is absurdly high.

Chatgpt told him that they couldn't