Obsolete
Garrison LovelyReporting and analysis on the political economy of the AI race from journalist w/ work in NYT, Nature, BBC, TIME, and more.
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AI Worker Power is Near Its Peak. They’re Finally Starting To Use It.
Note to readers
I wrote a book! It’s called Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It. Preorders through my publisher will go out in June. Wide release is September 15.
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It got some gre...
In Defense of “Artificial Intelligence” — a Book Excerpt
Note to readers
This is an excerpt from Chapter 1: What is Artificial Intelligence? of my forthcoming book Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It (Nation Books). If you preorder through my pub...
“Sam Altman Would Hate It.” My Book Obsolete is Available for Preorder (and Ships in June)!
Sorry I’ve been away. This is why.
After nearly three years, I (finally!) finished my book Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It.
If you want to help the book, the most useful thing you can do...
The Doomers Feel Undeterred - My Latest for MIT Tech Review
I was invited to contribute to MIT Technology Review’s new package of stories on Hype Correction. It evolved from a feature into a collection of interviews. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to include everyone’s perspective here, but a...
The End of OpenAI’s Nonprofit Era
I interrupt my frantic book writing to bring you an update on OpenAI’s restructuring. We will return to our irregularly scheduled programming after my November 21st deadline.
This morning, the Delaware and California attorneys general cond...
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