MarketsAnthropic co-founder Jack Clark: AI could lift U.S. GDP 50% in four years, to $44 trillion

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said continued AI progress could grow U.S. gross domestic product by about 50% to $44 trillion by 2030.

Speaking at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on Oct. 17, Clark, who leads public benefit at Anthropic, cited an internal company model, Yonhap reported. U.S. GDP is currently around $30 trillion. He acknowledged the figure sounds very outlandish.

Clark also warned that evidence is mounting for a singularity in which AI outpaces human control. AI is still under human control, he said, but only a few years remain to build safeguards.