Episode Details

Even as AI dominates the headlines, the gulf between what insiders know and outsiders believe has never been wider.  Those closest to the technology have the grandest hopes and fears for rapid, large-scale automation of work and daily life. 

Garrison Lovely interviewed hundreds of AI insiders—including Nobel Prize winners, lab leaders, whistleblowers, forecasters, and prophets of doom—for his new book, Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace You—and How to Stop It. 

He joins Jon Bateman on The World Unpacked to reveal what he learned and make the case for a mass movement to restrain the AI industry. 

Host: Follow Jon on X: https://x.com/JonKBateman   

Guest:
Garrison Lovely: https://x.com/GarrisonLovely