Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, will deliver the Per Jacobsson Lecture on October 17, 2026, in Bangkok during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. He will argue that AI progress is driving abrupt shifts rather than gradual ones. According to cited data, Anthropic’s Claude model accounted for 26% of R&D activities as of August 2026, compared to less than 1% in February of the same year. Clark also proposed verifiable oversight by authorities and mandatory safety protocols, including kill switches for AI systems. This address targets policymakers who are concerned about AI’s impact on productivity and jobs.
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