Garrison Lovely's new book 'Obsolete' argues AGI is neither impossible nor inevitable
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-10-16
AI commentator Garrison Lovely has published Obsolete (OR Books), subtitled "The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us—and How to Stop It." His thesis: AGI is neither impossible nor inevitable. The book cuts through the hype-vs-doom binary, examines existing harms and existential risk, and proposes governance ideas, drawing praise from Luke Kemp and coverage in Publishers Weekly.
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