The United States is headed towards mass unemployment and nobody is prepared

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Skittish investors spooked as dystopian AI outlooks go viral

SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – An imagined dystopia of mass unemployment fuelled by artificial intelligence, highlighted in Citrini Research’s now viral report, has unsettled global markets, where a recent huge bet on the technology is starting to show cracks.
The report, the latest in a series of gloomy “think pieces” on the disruptive potential of AI, envisions a 2028 scenario where unemployment rises to 10.2%, triggered by layoffs as AI rapidly turfs out software and delivery applications.

https://www.reuters.com/business/skittish-investors-spooked-dystopian-ai-outlooks-go-viral-2026-02-24/

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