The AI Economic Doomsday Report That Shook Wall Street
A fictional Substack post from a small research firm, Citrini Research, projected a dystopian AI-driven future with mass white-collar job losses and economic collapse by 2028, sparking a real-world stock market sell-off and exposing Wall Street’s deep uncertainty about AI’s economic impac
Sign up to read the full summary
Free AI-powered recaps of every episode, delivered to your inbox.
Free forever for up to 3 podcasts. No credit card required.
Mentions
Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.
People
Companies
Topics
Listen to This Episode
More from The Journal.
The ‘Class of AI’ Enters the Workforce
Inside Meta’s Big AI Pivot
She Let AI Take Over Her Life For a Year
A Data Center Revolt in Missouri
'Eject! Eject! Eject!' Inside the Private Credit Panic
The Battle Over AI in Warfare
Related episodes
From other shows on similar topics.
Schrödinger’s Apocalypse
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Fictional Story Tanks Stock Market & The iPod Making a Comeback?
Morning Brew Daily
Software Stocks Implode, Claude's Hit List, State of the Union Reactions, Trump's Tariff Pivot
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
James van Geelen on His Viral AI Doom Scenario
Odd Lots
Monologue: Analyslop And The Death of Critical Thinking
Better Offline
Is There an A.I. Bubble? And What if It Pops?
The Daily
Get summaries like this every morning.
Free AI-powered recaps of The Journal. and your other favorite podcasts, delivered to your inbox.
Free forever for up to 3 podcasts. No credit card required.