An AI Thought Experiment on Substack Is Sending the Stock Market Spiraling

Image credit: brgfx via Freepik. Article by Ece Yildirim. Gizmodo – February 23, 2026.

On Sunday, analysis firm Citrini Research published a thought experiment on Substack that reads like a piece of fiction. Titled “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis,” it’s a scenario set in June of that year in which unemployment has shot up to 10.2% in the U.S. due to mass AI-driven white-collar unemployment, which begins with an “initial wave of layoffs” in early 2026. […]

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