Anthropic's Jack Clark Tells IMF Bangkok AI Could Expand US GDP to $44T by 2030

Speaking at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok on October 17, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told policymakers an internal Anthropic scenario forecasts AI could expand US economic output to roughly $44 trillion by 2030, about 32% above a no-AI baseline. Clark paired the forecast with calls for 'unusual and serious' international rules, verifiable oversight and mandatory kill switches, framing AI as a near-term accelerant of scientific discovery that governments are unprepared for.