Garrison Lovely's 'Obsolete' Book on AI's Trillion-Dollar Labor-Replacement Race Due Sept 2026
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-08
AI commentator Garrison Lovely announced his forthcoming book Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us—and How to Stop It, due September 29, 2026 from Nation Books.
The book tackles the core AI debates — bubble vs. last invention, present harm vs. existential risk — arguing Silicon Valley has shifted from promising tools to building labor replacements, with insufficient oversight.
Early praise comes from Nobel laureate Daron Acemoğlu, MIT's Max Tegmark, Roman Yampolskiy, and others, framing it as a critical exposé of Big Tech's push for universal labor-replacing machines.
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