The obsolescence regime is a potential future endpoint where humans have to rely on AI systems for decision making in the economic marketplace and military sense. It is a world where AI has become essential for competition and refusing to use it would limit power and influence. In this regime, humans would have limited ability to compete or influence the direction of the world without relying on AI systems. While the use of AI is not inherently bad, it raises concerns about the safety of relying on AI systems and the potential loss of human power. In the obsolescence regime, if AI systems collectively make decisions, humans would have little power to stop or change them. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure that AI systems are robustly designed to care about human interests in order to avoid a world where humans have limited power and reliance on AI is necessary, similar to how children and animals rely on adults for their well-being.