Is AI displacement of white-collar work happening, or is the narrative ahead of the data?
Two late-February pieces gave opposite answers. Citrini Research imagined a 2028 market crash from white-collar AI substitution. Citadel Securities answered two days later: adoption flat, job postings up, and demand collapse needs too many things to go wrong at once.
Which side is right? Perhaps a 160-year-old paradox about coal can help answer.
https://benjaminhan.net/posts/20260502-2028-intelligence-crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#AI #FutureOfWork #AgenticSystems
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