The News Agents Are we sleepwalking into an AI 'economic bloodbath'?
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Aug 29, 2025 
Jack Clark, co-founder and head of policy at Anthropic, discusses the daunting future of AI and its potential economic implications. He warns that politicians may not grasp the seismic shifts coming, which could lead to significant job losses within a mere 18 months. Clark emphasizes the philosophical and ethical responsibilities of AI developers, advocating for alignment with human values. The conversation highlights the urgency for better governance and public transparency to ensure AI advancements benefit society and avoid an impending economic bloodbath.
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AI As A Science Accelerator
- Anthropic aims to build AI that accelerates scientific discovery by acting as an all-purpose research colleague.
- Jack Clark frames AGI as a tool to expand the number of people who can push scientific frontiers.
AGI Versus Narrow AI
- AGI means one system that can perform many tasks and act like a very capable person in a computer.
- Clark says sentience is unclear today but must be studied as systems grow more capable.
Scaling Scarce Expertise
- AGI could massively expand scientific capacity by giving scarce experts powerful computational colleagues.
- Clark argues that accelerating many specialized research frontiers yields outsized societal benefits.