The 2030 Post-Algorithm Reset
A Thought Exercise on a post-algorithm world as a response to the 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis.
The Intelligence Displacement Spiral is real but it’s not the whole story
The “2028 Global Intelligence Crisis” report captures my mid-term pessimism uncomfortably well.
AI is starting to disrupt incentive structures across the entire economy and once that loop starts compounding, nothing will stand in its way.
The core mechanism is what the report calls the human intelligence displacement spiral:
AI capabilities improve → companies need fewer workers → white-collar layoffs rise → displaced workers spend less → firms feel margin pressure → firms invest more in AI → AI capabilities improve.
If you zoom out, it’s not even “evil.” It’s simple game theory.
And one detail in the narrative hits especially hard: we overestimated the value of “human relationships” in a lot of white-collar work.
Turns out a meaningful portion of what...
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