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Another Jackalope

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33. The "AI"pocalypse... nt

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Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:04 PM

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Citrini Research just published a viral scenario for AI causing economic collapse by 2028. It's rattled AI proponents. [View all] highplainsdem 16 hrs ago OP

Khosla's tweet last night: highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #1

I'm no economist, but I've been saying this for years RainCaster 15 hrs ago #2

I want to see the crypto bros lose, too. Crypto is nothing but a Ponzi scheme. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #27

Folks are just now starting to figure this out? Midnight Writer 15 hrs ago #3

The AI peddlers and fans want to believe they're good guys, so they have to pretend all those highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #4

Lutnick gleefully predicted a future when the majority of the population . . . peggysue2 12 hrs ago #24

Lutnick is evil. highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #28

And probably a pedo like his boss durablend 11 hrs ago #31

I haven't forgotten, and I agree. highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #37

We are indeed in late-stage capitalism biocube 15 hrs ago #5

This scenario is predicated on AI working extremely well and efficiently andym 15 hrs ago #6

It's being implemented, and employees are being laid off, despite the IP theft and despite the highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #8

If all you stated is correct, then companies using AI to a the extent necessary to replace humans will be outcompeted andym 14 hrs ago #10

Outcompeting takes time. People can be laid off quickly. And the AI bubble is driven by FOMO. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #13

"Learn to code" is now "Get a manual job" - There will be a collapse in higher education jobs as well dalton99a 14 hrs ago #7

Once a decade GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #9

The Problem with Rapidly Implementing AI in Business is MineralMan 14 hrs ago #11

Too many CEOs aren't even particularly intelligent GenThePerservering 12 hrs ago #25

That's assuming AI works. hunter 14 hrs ago #12

AI is often a pretext for off-shoring nuxvomica 13 hrs ago #15

Was just watching a stock trading broadcast and they mentioned it as well jmbar2 14 hrs ago #14

Yes. Some links: highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #20

It's simple. The people who buy the shit you make are the same people who make the shit you sell. 3Hotdogs 13 hrs ago #16

Excellent article on AI in the current issue of The Atlantic. Native 13 hrs ago #17

I'm still betting on the Yellowstone Caldera erupting Orrex 13 hrs ago #18

My money's on big rock from the sky. LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #26

Except AI does not work like they promise JT45242 13 hrs ago #19

Could we replace all our politicians with AI? Festivito 13 hrs ago #21

Maybe criminal liability would send a message jfz9580m 13 hrs ago #22

What if? multigraincracker 13 hrs ago #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull 11 hrs ago #29

Don't look up. Bmoboy 11 hrs ago #30

i'm interested in Chakrabarti who is suggesting public ownership MadameButterfly 11 hrs ago #32

The "AI"pocalypse... nt Another Jackalope 10 hrs ago #33

It's the great reset theory the Tech Bros and many Nationalists follow. haele 9 hrs ago #34

K&R. Incredibly important post Arazi 9 hrs ago #35

This is total bullshit jfz9580m 9 hrs ago #36