Garrison Lovely's New Book "Obsolete" Explores AI's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Humanity
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-08-08
Garrison Lovely is publishing a new book, Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us—and How to Stop It, exploring whether AI is a bubble or humanity's last invention.
The book has garnered endorsements from several scholars and authors, including Nobel laureate Daron Acemoğlu and Anthony Aguirre, executive director of the Future of Life Institute. It aims to cut through industry hype and false binaries, analyzing the potential threats Silicon Valley's AI development poses to democracy and human civilization.
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