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Highlights from Garrison Lovely's "Obsolete"
According to the excerpt, June Jimenez reviews Garrison Lovely's book "Obsolete", calling it a well-researched introduction for non-technical readers. Jimenez describes its core argument as analysing AI through mass labour displacement and says a mass movement to shape or pause development is more feasible than often argued, while wanting more care about the plan's limits.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
June Jimenez recommends Garrison Lovely's book "Obsolete" as an accessible introduction, arguing that job loss could build a broad public movement over AI.
For lawmakers
June Jimenez says Garrison Lovely makes a strong case that competitive pressure alone does not fix the pace of AI development, though the plan's limits need more care.
The question it raises
Garrison Lovely's book, as reviewed by June Jimenez, frames AI mainly as mass labour displacement and asks whether people can collectively choose its pace.
The record
- Questions
- What happens to work, income and the economy? · Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment?
- People
- June Jimenez (Wrote it) · Garrison Lovely (About them, author of Obsolete)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 23, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “Highlights from Garrison Lovely's "Obsolete"”, October 23, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-10-23-highlights-lovely-obsolete