Anthropic co-founder says AI could lift U.S. GDP to $44 trillion

Anthropic co-founder says AI could lift U.S. GDP to $44 trillion

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2026-10-17 09:20:28
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said Saturday that artificial intelligence capabilities are improving quickly and could drive faster change across a wide range of fields. Citing an internal economic model from Anthropic, Clark said AI could help push U.S. economic output to $44 trillion by 2030, up from a level he described as currently a little above $30 trillion. He acknowledged that the projection 「sounds pretty crazy」, but argued that AI is already sharply accelerating scientific discovery. Speaking at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Clark also said the international community should work together to create 「special and strict rules」 for what he described as a transformative technology. He added that if GDP were to expand by that much, economic theory would imply the creation of new industries and inventions to support an economy of that scale. The remarks were cited by Odaily, which attributed the report to Jin10.

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said Saturday that artificial intelligence capabilities are advancing rapidly and are set to bring faster change across different fields.

According to an internal economic model at Anthropic, AI could raise U.S. economic output to $44 trillion by 2030.

Clark calls for 「special and strict rules」 on AI

Speaking at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Clark said the international community needs to work together to establish 「special and strict rules」 for the technology.

On the projection that U.S. GDP could reach $44 trillion, Clark said the figure, compared with a current level of a little more than $30 trillion, 「sounds pretty crazy」. He said AI is sharply accelerating scientific discovery.

Clark added: 「As long as this technology keeps improving, that outcome could happen. If GDP really grows by that much, then economic theory says new industries and inventions would need to be created to power economic expansion on that scale.」

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