Author Garrison Lovely says AI safety researchers' uncanny predictions inspired his new book Obsolete
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-04
Writer Garrison Lovely promotes his forthcoming book Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us—and How to Stop It (Nation Books, Sept 29, 2026). His core claim: Ajeya and other AI safety researchers predicted recent AI events "to an uncanny degree," giving them by far the strongest prediction track record of any AI faction — but their predictions are "fucking terrifying," and society should listen to those who called the shot. The book draws on extensive interviews with safety researchers and is endorsed by Daron Acemoğlu, Max Tegmark, Roman Yampolskiy and others.
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