Global Intelligence Crisis
2 days ago
- #future scenarios
- #AI disruption
- #economic crisis
- The text presents a hypothetical scenario set in 2028, detailing a global intelligence crisis caused by the rapid advancement and adoption of AI.
- AI-driven automation leads to massive white-collar job losses, creating a negative feedback loop where displaced workers reduce spending, further harming the economy.
- The scenario describes how AI agents optimize consumer transactions, eliminating friction and disrupting industries reliant on human intermediation, such as SaaS, travel booking, and real estate.
- Financial markets suffer as AI-driven productivity gains fail to translate into broad economic benefits, leading to a deflationary spiral and systemic risks in private credit and mortgage markets.
- The government struggles to respond effectively, with proposals for AI taxation and wealth redistribution facing political and ideological hurdles.
- The text warns that traditional economic frameworks are ill-suited to handle the rapid displacement of human intelligence by AI, urging proactive measures to mitigate risks.