Anthropic's Clark says AI could push US GDP to $44tn by 2030
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told IMF and World Bank policymakers in Bangkok that an internal model forecasts US GDP reaching $44tn by 2030 — 'sounds very outlandish' — and called for 'unusual and serious rules' for AI.
Rapidly improving AI capabilities will bring far faster change across every field, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said on Saturday, with one of the company’s internal economic models forecasting US output reaching $44 trillion by 2030.
Speaking at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Clark compared the figure with the current level of “just over $30 trillion”, conceding the number “sounds very outlandish” but saying it was “implicated by the technology continuing to get better”. He argued that AI was “vastly increasing scientific discovery”, and that such an expansion would require entirely new industries and inventions to power it.
Clark told policymakers that international cooperation was needed to erect “unusual and serious rules” for the transformative technology, as its impact accelerates faster than expected.
The remarks come as frontier AI labs face growing scrutiny from governments over the economic and labour-market effects of ever more capable systems, with policymakers weighing how to capture AI-driven growth while managing its disruptions.
Sources: Reuters
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