Reddit long-read predicts AI upheaval by 2028: IPO bust, Google dominance, 20% job displacement
03captain23 · reddit · 2026-10-09
A Reddit long post by an MSP founder managing 1000+ small businesses predicts: Anthropic and OpenAI will IPO and crash within months; Google/Gemini will dominate thanks to custom TPUs (with speculation it's hiding AGI internally); SpaceX/Grok will crush rivals using government ties and hundreds of thousands of GB300 GPUs; deepfakes will flood social media and sway elections; and 3-6 months of mass layoffs will push over 20% of workers displaced by 2028. Heavy on speculation, but a useful sample of industry sentiment.
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