Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic and former head of policy at OpenAI, has made a series of statements linking humanity's safety to companies' willingness to restructure their business models to meet the demands of artificial intelligence. At Anthropic, Clark oversees issues related to public benefit, and his position complements CEO Dario Amodei's calls to slow down the release of new large language models to enhance safety. Central to Clark's speech was the concept of 'creative destruction': according to him, the largest corporations and successful startups that Anthropic works with share a willingness at the highest organizational level to dismantle and completely rebuild specific aspects of their operations using AI, a task that becomes increasingly difficult as a company grows.
'Common Sense' Standards and External Expert Access
Addressing countries that produce artificial intelligence products, Clark urged adherence to 'common sense standards' in regulating the technology. 'We need standards based on common sense that ultimately allow people to trust the technology and grow the economy,' he said at an event hosted by the IMF and the World Bank in Bangkok. As a step toward transparency, Clark noted that Anthropic has already provided external experts with access to key stages of development for its advanced AI models, which the company intends to increase trust in the technology and accelerate its economic adoption.
Forecast: US GDP to Reach $44 Trillion by 2030
An economic forecast formed a separate block of the speech. According to Clark's estimate, under certain conditions, US GDP could reach $44 trillion by 2030. Given that current US GDP exceeds $30 trillion, a nearly 1.5-fold increase in three to four years looks ambitious, but this, according to the Anthropic representative, is where the transformative role of AI lies. The technology, he believes, will accelerate scientific discoveries and create entirely new economic sectors, helping to solve problems in mathematics, engineering, and biotechnology. Countries that are ready to build data centers will be able to participate in the global 'AI revolution,' he said.
Labor Market: Job Cuts in Some Areas and Growth in Others
Clark urged not to exaggerate the problem of rising unemployment amid the rapid development of AI. While AI may indeed cause job cuts in certain areas — such as call centers and customer support — it will conversely increase the influx of personnel in others, such as science and research. Moreover, the development of the technology will foster the emergence of entirely new industries that will provide jobs for many people. Thus, in Anthropic's assessment, the effect of AI on employment is structural: some positions disappear, but new economic niches form in their place.
Biological Weapons as a Safety 'Red Line'
Concluding his remarks, Clark emphasized the need to ensure the safety of developments involving AI. As an example of the inhumane use of technology, he cited the creation of biological weapons and pointed out the importance of setting up a reliable barrier against such abuse. This requirement, according to the Anthropic co-founder's logic, becomes another argument in favor of 'creative destruction': companies must be ready to restructure processes and limit their own capabilities where necessary to protect society.
