Citadel Securities demolishes viral AI doomsday essay, arguing the real ‘Global Intelligence Crisis’ is ignorance of macro fundamentals

Over the past week, a highly speculative piece of financial fiction has gripped Wall Street. Titled “The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis,” the viral essay by Citrini Research and Alap Shah paints a catastrophic picture of an economy destroyed by artificial intelligence. Framing itself as a “macro memo from June 2028,” the piece describes a world in which the S&P 500 has plummeted 38%, unemployment has spiked to 10.2%, and the U.S. economy is trapped in a deflationary spiral caused by the mass displacement of white-collar workers.