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The Trillion-Dollar AI Race to Replace Us (with Garrison Lovely)
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About this episode
Garrison Lovely is an author and journalist. He joins the podcast to discuss the race to replace human labor with artificial general intelligence. We explore the political risks of worker displacement and lessons from historical precedents like the nuclear freeze movement. Garrison also examines rising public opposition to AI data centers and outlines strategies for organizing collective action to steer technological development. LINKS: Obsolete Book Official Website Garrison Lovely Official Website CHAPTERS: (00:00) Episode Preview (00:53) Universal labor replacement (08:17) Economic obsolescence and power (16:47) Replacement versus extinction risk (31:54) The AI bubble debate (47:24)…