New Book Warns AI Could Make Your Job Obsolete—But We Can Fight Back

Garrison Lovely's new book, 'Obsolete,' is a wake-up call about artificial intelligence and your job. Lovely argues that AI development should be seen as a threat to workers everywhere, not just a technical challenge. He says that if enough people push back, we can slow down or redirect AI before it causes mass unemployment. The book is deeply researched and offers a hopeful vision: a broad movement of ordinary people can influence how AI is built and used.

But the book isn't perfect. Critics point out that once AI reaches a certain level, it becomes very cheap to copy and improve, so pausing is hard. Even if we stop new training, bad actors could still deploy powerful AI. Lovely focuses on partial solutions, like buying time with pauses, which can help across many scenarios. He also highlights the need for policy and advocacy, not just technical fixes.

The book also dives into the lobbying world, revealing how OpenAI's chief lobbyist, Chris Lehane, uses aggressive tactics to shape AI policy. This shows that the fight over AI's future is already political, and money and power are at play. Lovely's book is a call to action: we need to ask what we want from AI, not just what it can do. It's a compelling read for anyone worried about their job or the future of work.